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verb(as-so-ci-ate)to join as a partner, friend, or companion
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verb(as-so-ci-ate)to join or connect together : combine
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verb(as-so-ci-ate)to bring together or into relationship in any of various intangible ways (as in memory or imagination)
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noun(as-so-ci-ate)one associated with another: such as
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noun(as-so-ci-ate)partner, colleague
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noun(as-so-ci-ate)companion, comrade
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adjective(as-so-ci-ate)closely connected (as in function or office) with another : sharing in responsibility or authority
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adjective(as-so-ci-ate)having secondary or subordinate status
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adjective(as-so-ci-ate)closely related especially in the mind
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noun(as-so-ci-ate)a member of a college or university faculty who ranks above an assistant professor and below a professor
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noun(as-so-ci-ate)a degree that is given to a student who has completed two years of study at a junior college, college, or university in the U.S.
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noun(as-so-ci-ate)the learning of syllables, digits, or words in pairs (as in the study of a foreign language) so that one member of the pair evokes recall of the other
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noun(as-so-ci-ate)the expression (as by speaking or writing) of the content of consciousness without censorship as an aid in gaining access to unconscious processes especially in psychoanalysis
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noun(as-so-ci-ate)the reporting of the first thought that comes to mind in response to a given stimulus (such as a word)
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noun(as-so-ci-ate)an idea or image elicited by free association