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associate

associate

2 4.4
Something that happens at the same time as another thing
  • noun
  • /əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt/
translation icon : acompañante
  • She noted the potential risks that are commonly associated with this type of medication.

Examples

  • And those are conditions that are associated with aging.

  • So then you have there's a color associated with each chakra.

  • But is there an associated injury with this celebration?

  • And the how is the work and the sacrifice associated with the goal?

  • Why is there a sensation associated with the process of thought?

  • And there are different traditions associated with each one of these functions.

  • But there's costs and time and pain associated with each one, right?

  • The second is potential fraud associated with the false elector scheme.

  • "Farm girl" was written all over her, though she didn't have the healthy tan one associates with a life outdoors.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Although most students preferred to play with these leaders, nearly all students (regardless of sociometric status) had play associates during social activities.

    Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

accompaniment
vsassociate
2 5.2

Something that is present at the same time as another thing

is more general meaning a typical close connection not only simultaneity
concomitant
vsassociate
  • Formal
1 8.9

An event or situation that happens at the same time as another

is more general stressing typical close connection rather than just timing

Compounds

A university teacher who ranks above an assistant professor and below a full professor

3 3.2

A qualification that a college gives after about two years of study, shorter than a bachelor's degree

A two-year college degree that teaches practical skills for technical jobs

A two-year college degree in arts and general subjects that often allows transfer to a four-year university

A two-year college degree that prepares someone to be a nurse

How Connected

symptom
  • Specialized
460 2.7
correlation
93 4.6
associate
2 4.4
concomitant
  • Formal
1 8.9
coincidence
426 3.4

Surface Forms

associate singular
associates plural

Etymology

Associate meaning a thing that goes with another comes from the root socius for 'companion', so it describes something that is 'joined with' or happens alongside another thing, which is why we call it an associate.