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associate

associate

152 5.4
Having a lower rank with fewer rights than full members
  • adjective
  • /əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt/
: asociado
  • As an associate member of the club, she enjoyed some privileges but not all of them.

It is Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch.

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Examples

  • The associate position allowed him access to important meetings while he gained experience.

  • He held an associate title at the firm, which meant he was still learning the ropes.

  • Too much pride at being associated with the organization.

  • And he is associated with the rich and famous and powerful of the world.

  • So we'll call the allele associated with the disease small R.

  • Can you change the norms associated with how you talk to yourself?

  • What is OO is the abstract vector associated with this.

  • So say goodbye to the tearing associated with VSYNC off my friends.

  • And there's scant little policy associated with that.

  • And the MLM presents itself as associated both and it isn't.

Antonyms

∞ 2.9

Having a higher rank or position than others

Compounds

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

10 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 prepares someone to be a nurse

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 teaches practical skills for technical jobs

How Senior

principal
575 3.6
senior
∞ 2.9
associate
152 5.4
assistant
  • Specialized
463 2.8
junior
131 2.4

Surface Forms

associate positive

Etymology

Associate as an adjective comes from the same root socius and the idea of being 'joined', so an associate rank means you are part of a group but have fewer rights — you are 'joined' in a junior way.