associate
/əˈsoʊʃi.ət/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.39 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Joined with another or others and having lower status.
adj
adj
noun
A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.
noun
One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
Example Sentences
- "The associate editor is someone who has some experience in editing but not sufficient experience to qualify for a senior post."
- "He is an associate member of the club."
- "associate motions"
- "These associate ideas are gradually formed into habits of acting together, by frequent repetition, while they are yet separately obedient to the will; as is evident from the difficulty we experience in gaining so exact an idea of the front of St. Paul's church, as to be able to delineate it with accuracy, or in recollecting a poem of a few pages."
- "Allow me to introduce my business associates, Alice and Bob, who are senior VPs for ops and strategy, respectively."
- "Associates must wash hands before returning to work"
Etymology
From Middle English associat(e) (used participially as well as adjectively up to Early Modern English), from Latin associātus, the perfect passive participle of associō (“to join, unite”), from ad- + sociō, from socius (“shared, common, kindred”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *sekʷ-, associat, associātus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/
- British English: /əˈsəʊʃi.ət/