associate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: əsō'shiāt
enpr: əsō'siāt
ipa: /əˈsəʊʃieɪt/
ipa: /əˈsəʊsieɪt/
enpr: əsō'shiāt
enpr: əsō'siāt
ipa: /əˈsoʊʃieɪt/
ipa: /əˈsoʊsieɪt/
enpr: əsō'shiət
enpr: əsō'siət
ipa: /əˈsəʊʃi.ət/
ipa: /əˈsəʊsi.ət/
enpr: əsō'shiət
enpr: əsō'siət
ipa: /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/
ipa: /əˈsoʊsi.ət/
ipa: /əˈsoʊʃi.ɪt/
ipa: /əˈsoʊsi.ɪt/
enpr: əsō'shiāt
enpr: əsō'siāt
ipa: /əˈsəʊʃieɪt/
ipa: /əˈsəʊsieɪt/
enpr: əsō'shiāt
enpr: əsō'siāt
ipa: /əˈsoʊʃieɪt/
ipa: /əˈsoʊsieɪt/
enpr: əsō'shiət
enpr: əsō'siət
ipa: /əˈsəʊʃi.ət/
ipa: /əˈsəʊsi.ət/
enpr: əsō'shiət
enpr: əsō'siət
ipa: /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/
ipa: /əˈsoʊsi.ət/
ipa: /əˈsoʊʃi.ɪt/
ipa: /əˈsoʊsi.ɪt/
Forms: form: associates
form: associating
form: associated
form: associated
Etymology: From Middle English associat(e) (“associated, allied”) (the verb *associaten is not found in Middle English writings and only attested at a later period), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Doublet of associe.
Senses: glosses: To join in or form a league, union, or association.
examples: text: She associates with her coworkers on weekends.
text: As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,[…]. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get.[…]I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.
ref: 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:
glosses: To spend time socially; keep company.
examples: text: He associated his name with many environmental causes.
glosses: To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
raw_tags: with with
examples: text: particles of gold associated with other substances
synonyms: word: attach
word: join
word: put together
word: unite
word: accouple
word: affix
word: assemble
word: associate
word: attach
word: bewed
word: bind
word: clasp
word: clinch
word: combine
word: conglomerate
word: conglutinate
word: conjoin
word: connect
word: construct
word: couple
word: entwine
word: fay
word: fix
word: graft
word: hitch
word: hook
word: inosculate
word: interlink
word: join
word: joint
word: knit
word: knot
word: link
word: marry
word: piece together
word: piecen
word: pinion
word: put together
word: splice
word: unite
word: wed
word: yoke
glosses: To connect or join together; combine.
examples: text: I always somehow associate Chatterton with autumn.
ref: 1819 September 21, John Keats, letter to John Hamilton Reynolds
text: He succeeded in associating his name inseparably with some names which will last as long as our language.
ref: 1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II:
text: A branch of rail transport that seems to been rather neglected by historians is that concerned with cliff railways, of which a fair number exist in Great Britain. This is probably because these lines are overshadowed by the more spectacular funicular railways in Switzerland and other mountainous regions; perhaps, too, because of the general habit of referring to them as "cliff lifts," which tends to associate them with the vertical indoor type.
ref: 1951 August, P. W. Gentry, “Cliff Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 514:
text: The economics of rebuilding all the stations covered by the electrification would be prohibitive, but to help bring home to the Glasgow public that their North Clyde suburban service has been transformed, not merely re-equipped with new trains, stations have at least been associated psychologically with the rolling stock by a common colour scheme.
ref: 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714:
text: Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident.
ref: 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:
glosses: To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
examples: text: Mr. President, I rise to associate myself with the remarks of my senior Senator from Louisiana who has led this fight successfully for many years
ref: 1999 August 4-5, Congress, “Pt. 14”, in Congressional Record, volume 145, page 19343:
glosses: To endorse.
raw_tags: in deliberative bodies
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To be associative.
examples: text: Friends should associate friends in grief and woe
ref: c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
glosses: To accompany; to be in the company of.
Derived terms: adeno-associated
associahedron
associator
interassociate
misassociate
photoassociate
preassociate
reassociate
sea star-associated densovirus
unassociate
vanadium-associated protein
Related terms: association
associative