associates

/əˈsəʊsi.əts//əˈsoʊsi.əts/

noun

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
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).

1
To join in or form a league, union, or association.
2
To spend time socially; keep company.
“She associates with her coworkers on weekends.”
3
(with with) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
“He associated his name with many environmental causes.”
4
To connect or join together; combine.
“particles of gold associated with other substances”
5
To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
6
(in deliberative bodies) To endorse.
7
To be associative.
8
To accompany; to be in the company of.