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English

Etymology

From Latin associ?.

Pronunciation

• Verb: (these pronunciations can also apply to the noun and adjective)
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?s?'shi?t, ?s?'si?t IPA^(key): /??s???ie?t/, /??s??sie?t/
  • (General American) enPR: ?s?'shi?t, ?s?'si?t IPA^(key): /??so??ie?t/, /??so?sie?t/
• Noun and adjective:
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?s?'shi?t, ?s?'si?t IPA^(key): /??s???i.?t/, /??s??si.?t/
  • (General American) enPR: ?s?'shi?t, ?s?'si?t IPA^(key): /??so??i.?t/, /??so?si.?t/
• Hyphenation: as?so?ci?ate

Adjective

associate (not comparable)

1. Joined with another or others and having lower status.

2. Having partial status or privileges.

3. Following or accompanying; concomitant.
4. (biology, dated) Connected by habit or sympathy.

Translations

Noun

associate (plural associates)

1. A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner.
2. Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
3. A companion; a comrade.
4. One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
5. A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
6. (algebra) One of a pair of elements of an integral domain (or a ring) such that the two elements are divisible by each other (or, equivalently, such that each one can be expressed as the product of the other with a unit).

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:associate

Translations

Verb

associate (third-person singular simple present associates, present participle associating, simple past and past participle associated)

1. (intransitive) To join in or form a league, union, or association.
2. (intransitive) To spend time socially; keep company.
3. (transitive, with with) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.

4. (transitive) To connect or join together; combine.

   Synonyms: attach, join, put together, unite; see also Thesaurus:join

5. (transitive) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
   • 1819 September 21, John Keats, letter to John Hamilton Reynolds:

     I always somehow associate Chatterton with autumn.
6. (reflexive, in deliberative bodies) To endorse.
7. (mathematics) To be associative.
8. (transitive, obsolete) To accompany; to be in the company of.
   • c. 1593, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act V, scene iii:

     Friends should associate friends in grief and woe

Antonyms

• disassociate

Related terms

• association
• associative

Translations

References

• “associate” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Italian

Verb

associate

1. second-person plural present indicative of associare
2. second-person plural imperative of associare
3. second-person plural present subjunctive of associare
4. feminine plural of associato

Latin

Verb

associ?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of associ?

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

Noun

aspro (plural aspros)

1. (Australia, informal) associate professor

Anagrams

• Paros, Poras, praos, proas, psora, rapos, rapso, roaps, sapor, sapro-

Aragonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

aspro m sg (feminine singular aspra, neuter singular aspro, masculine and neuter plural aspros, feminine plural aspres)

1. rough

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) , “aspro”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, ?ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin asperum, accusative singular of asper (“rough”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?esp- (“to cut”). Compare Spanish and Portuguese áspero (“rough”), French âpre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?as.pro/
• Hyphenation: à?spro

Adjective

aspro (feminine aspra, masculine plural aspri, feminine plural aspre)

1. sharp, tart (taste)
2. sour, pungent, bitter
3. rugged (terrain)
4. harsh, severe
5. strict
6. difficult

Derived terms

• aspramente
• asprezza
• asprigno
• inasprire

Related terms

• asperità
• asperrimo

Anagrams

• parso
• prosa
• raspo, raspò
• saprò
• sopra
• sparo, sparò
• spora

Further reading

• aspro¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• aspro² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (áspron).

Noun

aspro m (plural aspros)

1. a particular Turkish currency; the asper

Further reading

• “aspro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.