[
  {
    "word": "associate",
    "phonetic": "/\u0259\u02c8s\u0259\u028asi.\u0259t/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8s\u0259\u028asi.\u0259t/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8so\u028asi.\u0259t/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/associate-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=179372",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A companion; a comrade.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "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": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To join in or form a league, union, or association.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To spend time socially; keep company.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "She associates with her coworkers on weekends."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(with with) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He associated his name with many environmental causes."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To connect or join together; combine.",
            "synonyms": [
              "attach",
              "join",
              "put together",
              "unite"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "particles of gold associated with other substances"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(in deliberative bodies) To endorse.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be associative.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To accompany; to be in the company of.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "attach",
          "join",
          "put together",
          "unite"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "disassociate"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Joined with another or others and having lower status.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The associate editor is someone who has some experience in editing but not sufficient experience to qualify for a senior post."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Having partial status or privileges.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He is an associate member of the club."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Following or accompanying; concomitant.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Connected by habit or sympathy.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "associate motions: those that occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/associate"
    ]
  }
]