How to Use "Associate" with Example Sentences

associate (n): someone you work with or do business with

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Used with adjectives:

"She is a close associate."
(close, old, former, business)

associate (adj): having a lower rank or level in a particular job or organization

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Used with nouns:

"I'm working as an associate professor."
(professor, producer, director, pastor, editor)

"He's studying for an associate degree."
(degree)

"He is currently an associate member of the club."
(member)

associate (v): to find the relationship between things; to be or join together

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Example sentences:

"People associate drugs with addiction."

"She has been associating with the wrong crowd."

"I don't want to associate with those kinds of people."