associate with someone
associate
noun[ C ]
uk /əˈsəʊ.ʃi.ət/ us /əˈsoʊ.ʃi.ət/

associatenoun[C] (FRIEND)

someone who is closely connected to another person as a companion, friend, or business partner: 朋友;同事;（生意）伙伴
A close associate of the author denied reports that she had cancer.作者的一个密友否认了她患癌症的报道。
business associate Mr. Shelton had a meeting that afternoon with a business associate.
We entertain a lot of people, mainly business associates of my wife's.我们经常在家请客，主要都是我妻子的业务伙伴。
Only close friends and associates were invited.
The book, written by a former associate, attacked the president's style of government.
I'd like you to meet a business associate of mine.
Former associates of the dictator were forced to testify against him.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries
acquaintance
acquaintanceship
acquainted
acquainted with someone
amigo
compatriot
confidant
contact list
contemporary
crony
crowd
fair-weather friend
mutual friend
next door
non-contemporary
office spouse
on further acquaintance
what are friends for?idiom
wingman
with friends like you, who needs enemies?idiom

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Employees & colleagues

associatenoun[C] (QUALIFICATION)

US
someone who holds an associate's degree: 副学士，准学士
an associate of arts文科准学士

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Qualifications: university & college
AB
associate's degree
BA
baccalaureate
bachelor's degree
Doctor of Medicine
doctoral
doctorate
doctorate in something
double major
Master of Arts
Master of Science
Master's
Master's degree
MB
postgrad
postgraduate
Postgraduate Certificate in Education
second degree
summa cum laude
associate
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /əˈsəʊ.si.ət/ us /əˈsoʊ.ʃi.ət/
used in the title of a person whose rank is slightly lower or less complete than the full official position described: 副的;准的;非正式的
an associate member of an organization一个组织的准会员
associate director/producer副导演／制片人

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Organizations - position & status
ambassador
anti-elite
anti-elitist
apparatchik
back seat
counterpart
fish
grassroots
high-ranking
junior
opposite number
rank
reach
spokesperson
spokeswoman
super-elite
superboard
superiority
superordinate
thane

associate | American Dictionary

associate
verb
us/əˈsoʊ·ʃiˌeɪt, -si-/

associateverb (SPEND TIME)

[ Ialways+ adv/prep ]
to spend time with someone or have some connection with someone or something:
I don’t want you associating with that wild crowd anymore.

associateverb (CONNECT MENTALLY)

[ T ]
to think about something as being connected to something else:
He always associated that perfume with Lila.
associate
noun[ C ]
us/əˈsoʊ·ʃi·ət, -si-/
someone who is connected to another person as a business partner or companion:
Claire invited several business associates to dinner.
An associate is also a person who has a position in a job or type of work that is just below the top position:
an associate director/professor

associate | Business English

associate
noun[ C ]
uk /əˈsəʊsiət/us
WORKPLACE
a business partner, or someone that you work with:
He considered the possibility of a buy-out of the company with the help of business associates.
a former/close/senior associate
 Associates[ plural ]
WORKPLACE (written abbreviationAssoc)
used in the names of some companies that are run by a group of people:
Brown & Associates Inc. are a Chicago-based investment firm.
a person who does a similar job to someone else but does not have all the responsibilities of the main position, or a member of an organization who does not have all the rights of a full member:
Associates are entitled to use the facilities, but are not entitled to vote.
associate
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /əˈsəʊsiət/us
WORKPLACE
used in some job titles where someone does the job described but does not have all the responsibilities of the main position:
associate editor/director/lawyer
used to describe a person, country, company, etc. that is a member of an organization but does not have all the rights given to a normal member:
The firm's application for associate membership of the FSA was approved.
 associate member
a member of an organization who does not have all the rights given to normal members:
The board elected 18 foreign associate members who hold no voting rights.

Examples of associate

associate
The impact of care-giving on care-givers : factors associated with the psychological well-being of people supporting a dementing relative in the community.
Psychological distress among older primary care attenders is associated with frequent attendance.
She has refused to be associated with it.
There were very few instances of fasciculation between fibers in which fibers were closely associated with each other following essentially identical paths within the tectum.
Nonlinear confining and deconfining forces associated with interaction of laser radiation with plasma.
Nonlinear confining and deconfining forces associated with the interaction of laser radiation with plasma.
The weights associated with output connections are, however, re-estimated after a new hidden unit is recruited.
As industrial production has fallen so have associated negative externalities, leading to reductions in air, water, soil, and noise pollution.
There are two technical problems associated with the fact that this problem has an infinite horizon.
Our material contains hundreds of priapulid worms found on closely associated bedding surfaces in mudstone.
At the physiological level, both depressive symptoms and deficits in deep memory processes may be associated with decreased prefrontal metabolism.
In the ratings made for the subjects when aged from 13 to 16, delinquent behaviour and ' other problems ' were weakly associated with these symptoms.
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