To unite or associate with another or with others.
A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.
To associate intimately with; to be close to.
To be similar to, to be almost the same as.
To be adjacent to
A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.
One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
A fellow human being.