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Noun associate has 4 senses
associate - a person who joins with others in some activity; "he had to consult his associate before continuing"--1 is a kind of peer, equal, match, compeer
 --1 is a member of association
 --1 has particulars:
 |  | adjunct; affiliate; ally, friend; bedfellow; collaborator, cooperator, partner, pardner; colleague, confrere, fellow; colleague, co-worker, fellow worker, workfellow; member; participant; shipmate; teammate, mate | 
companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate - a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"--2 is a kind of friend
 --2 has particulars: date, escort; playmate, playfellow; tovarich
 
associate - any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"--3 is a kind of accompaniment, concomitant, co-occurrence
 
 associate degree, associate - a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies--4 is a kind of academic degree, degree
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Verb associate has 3 senses
associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect - make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"--1 is one way to think, cogitate, cerebrate
 Antonyms:  decouple, dissociate
 Sample sentences:
 Somebody ----s somebody with something
 Somebody ----s something with something
 
consort, associate, affiliate, assort - keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"--2 is one way to interact
 Sample sentence:
 Somebody ----s PP
 
consociate, associate - bring or come into association or action; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution"--3 is one way to unite, unify
 Sample sentences:
 Something ----s
 Somebody ----s
 Somebody ----s something
 Somebody ----s somebody
 
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