The meaning of Associated

noun

A thing which can be added to something else in order to make it more useful, versatile, or attractive.

Usage examples:

Optional accessories include a battery charger and shoulder strap

adjective

Contributing to or aiding an activity or process in a minor way; subsidiary or supplementary.

Usage examples:

Functionally the maxillae are a pair of accessory jaws

adjective

Provided or occurring at the same time as something else.

Usage examples:

The accompanying documentation

verb

Go somewhere with (someone) as a companion or escort.

Usage examples:

The two sisters were to accompany us to london

adjective

Appearing or going with someone or something else

Usage examples:

Front-page stories broke the news of the star leaving, and accompanying photographs showed her gett…

adjective

(of two or more people or things) similar to each other.

Usage examples:

The brothers were very much alike

adverb

In the same or a similar way.

Usage examples:

They dressed alike in black trousers and jackets

adjective

Similar; like each other

Usage examples:

You and your father don’t look very much alike., she received hundreds of letters of support from f…

adjective

Comparable in certain respects, typically in a way which makes clearer the nature of the things compared.

Usage examples:

They saw the relationship between a ruler and his subjects as analogous to that of father and child…

noun

A person employed to provide a service to the public in a particular place.

Usage examples:

A cloakroom attendant

adjective

Occurring with or as a result of.

Usage examples:

The sea and its attendant attractions

noun

Someone whose job is to help others in a particular place or situation

Usage examples:

A gas station/parking lot attendant

adjective

Providing supplementary or additional help and support.

Usage examples:

Auxiliary airport staff

noun

An auxiliary person or thing.

Usage examples:

A nursing auxiliary

adjective

Giving help or support, esp. to a more important person or thing

Usage examples:

The hospital has an auxiliary power supply in case of a power failure.

noun

Each of a pair of marks ( ) [ ] { } 〈 〉 used to enclose words or figures so as to separate them from the context.

Usage examples:

Symbols are given in brackets

verb

Enclose (words or figures) in brackets.

Usage examples:

I have bracketed the phrase ‘of contrary qualities’ in the translation, since it is not explicit in…

noun

Either of a pair of marks [ ], or the information inside them, used in a piece of writing to show that what is inside these marks should be considered as separate from the main part

Usage examples:

Most college students are in the 18 to 22 age bracket., her new job puts her in a higher income/tax…

adjective

Related; connected.

Usage examples:

Cognate subjects such as physics and chemistry

noun

(of a word) having the same linguistic derivation as another (e.g. english father, german vater, latin pater ).

Usage examples:

The term is obviously cognate with the malay segan

adjective

Cognate languages and words have the same origin, or are related and in some way similar

Usage examples:

The italian word "mangiare" (= to eat) is cognate with the french "manger".

verb

Bring together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established.

Usage examples:

The electrodes were connected to a recording device

verb

To join together two things, or to be joined together

Usage examples:

[ i ] the printer connects to the computer., [ t ] a ferry connects the island to the mainland., [ …

verb

To join two or more pieces of equipment together, or to be joined in this way

Usage examples:

Wireless networks allow you to connect two or more pcs within your own home., connect to sth the ca…

adjective

Brought together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established.

Usage examples:

A connected series of cargo holds

verb

Bring together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established.

Usage examples:

The electrodes were connected to a recording device

adjective

(of two or more things) joined together

Usage examples:

The connected parts of a machine, some loosely connected stories, he’s a politically connected lawy…

verb

Have a mutual relationship or connection, in which one thing affects or depends on another.

Usage examples:

The study found that success in the educational system correlates highly with class

noun

Each of two or more related or complementary things.

Usage examples:

Strategies to promote health should pay greater attention to financial hardship and other correlate…

verb

Past simple and past participle of correlate

Usage examples:

Stress levels and heart disease are strongly correlated (= connected).

adjective

Analogous or equivalent in character, form, or function; comparable.

Usage examples:

The corresponding jamaican word is ‘bada’

verb

Have a close similarity; match or agree almost exactly.

Usage examples:

The carved heads described in the poem correspond to a drawing of edgcote house

noun

Two people or things of the same sort considered together.

Usage examples:

A couple of girls were playing marbles

verb

Link or combine (something) with something else.

Usage examples:

A sense of hope is coupled with a palpable sense of loss

noun

Two or a few things that are similar or the same, or two or a few people who are in some way connected

Usage examples:

I’m packing a couple of sweaters in case it gets cold., we’re having two couples over for dinner.

verb

Consider (one thing) to be the same as or equivalent to another.

Usage examples:

Customers equate their name with quality

verb

Establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is.

Usage examples:

The judge ordered that the girl should not be identified

verb

Recognize as being

verb

To recognize or be able to name someone or something, or to prove who or what someone or something is

Usage examples:

Small babies can identify their mothers., the police officer refused to identify himself.

adjective

Happening as a minor accompaniment to something else.

Usage examples:

For the fieldworker who deals with real problems, paperwork is incidental

noun

An incidental expense, event, etc.

Usage examples:

An allowance to cover meals, taxis, and other incidentals

adjective

Happening by chance, or in connection with something of greater importance

Usage examples:

His influence on younger employees was incidental, not intentional., will i be reimbursed for incid…

noun

One's family and relations.

Usage examples:

Yet in all these instances family custom ensured some distribution of property to members of a prop…

adjective

Similar in kind; related.

Usage examples:

Books on kindred subjects

adjective

Being related, esp. by having the same opinions, feelings, and interests

Usage examples:

We recognized each other as kindred spirits as soon as we met.

noun

A relationship between two things or situations, especially where one affects the other.

Usage examples:

A commission to investigate a link between pollution and forest decline

verb

Make, form, or suggest a connection with or between.

Usage examples:

Rumours that linked his name with judith

noun

A torch of pitch and tow for lighting the way in dark streets.

verb

Make, form, or suggest a connection with or between.

Usage examples:

Rumours that linked his name with judith

noun

A relationship between two things or situations, especially where one affects the other.

Usage examples:

A commission to investigate a link between pollution and forest decline

noun

A ring or loop in a chain.

Usage examples:

A chain made of steel links

verb

Make or show a connection between.

Usage examples:

The study examines social change within the city and relates it to developments in the country as a…

verb

Give an account of

verb

To be connected with something, or to show that something is connected with something else

Usage examples:

[ i always + adv/prep ] the point i’m making now relates to what i said before., [ t ] she relates …

adjective

Belonging to the same family, group, or type; connected.

Usage examples:

Sleeping sickness and related diseases

verb

Make or show a connection between.

Usage examples:

The study examines social change within the city and relates it to developments in the country as a…

adjective

Belonging to the same family

Usage examples:

Of course elise and linda are related – they’re cousins., josé and alfonso are related by marriage.…

adjective

Having a resemblance in appearance, character, or quantity, without being identical.

Usage examples:

A soft cheese similar to brie

noun

A person or thing similar to another.

Usage examples:

He was one of those whose similar you never meet

adjective

Looking or being almost the same, although not exactly

Usage examples:

They both went to ivy league schools and have similar backgrounds., he used similar tactics to win …