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Plural of associate

regular plural

The plural of associate is associates.

Forms of associate

Singularassociate /əˈsəʊʃi.ət/
Pluralassociates /əˈsoʊʃi.əts/
Countablecountable

Associates in a sentence

  • Allow me to introduce my business associates, Alice and Bob, who are senior VPs for ops and strategy, respectively.
  • She associates with her coworkers on weekends.
  • He interpreted at the meeting between the Chinese and French associates.From the entry interpret
  • Do some digging into that politician's past life and associates, and you'll see that the iceberg runs deep.From the entry iceberg
  • Religion is often a sensitive topic of discussion and should be avoided when dealing with foreign business associates.From the entry sensitive

Meaning of associate

  1. adjective Joined with another or others and having lower status.
  2. adjective Having partial status or privileges.
  3. adjective Following or accompanying; concomitant.

Full definition of associate

Questions about the plural of associate

What is the plural of associate?
The plural of associate is associates.
Is associate countable?
Associate is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: associate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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