associate
verb OPAL W
/əˈsəʊsieɪt/, /əˈsəʊʃieɪt/
/əˈsəʊsieɪt/, /əˈsəʊʃieɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they associate | /əˈsəʊsieɪt/, /əˈsəʊʃieɪt/ /əˈsəʊsieɪt/, /əˈsəʊʃieɪt/ |
he / she / it associates | /əˈsəʊsieɪts/, /əˈsəʊʃieɪts/ /əˈsəʊsieɪts/, /əˈsəʊʃieɪts/ |
past simple associated | /əˈsəʊsieɪtɪd/, /əˈsəʊʃieɪtɪd/ /əˈsəʊsieɪtɪd/, /əˈsəʊʃieɪtɪd/ |
past participle associated | /əˈsəʊsieɪtɪd/, /əˈsəʊʃieɪtɪd/ /əˈsəʊsieɪtɪd/, /əˈsəʊʃieɪtɪd/ |
-ing form associating | /əˈsəʊsieɪtɪŋ/, /əˈsəʊʃieɪtɪŋ/ /əˈsəʊsieɪtɪŋ/, /əˈsəʊʃieɪtɪŋ/ |
- associate somebody/something with somebody/something I always associate the smell of baking with my childhood.
- He is closely associated in the public mind with horrior movies.
- Most people immediately associate addictions with drugs, alcohol and cigarettes.
- associate somebody/something You wouldn’t normally associate these two writers—their styles are completely different.
- [intransitive] associate with somebody to spend time with somebody, especially a person or people that somebody else does not approve of synonym mix
- I don't like you associating with those people.
- [transitive] associate yourself with something (formal) to show that you support or agree with something
- I associate myself with the prime minister's remarks (= I agree with them).
- I have never associated myself with political extremism.
opposite dissociate
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘join with in a common purpose’; as an adjective in the sense ‘allied’): from Latin associat- ‘joined’, from the verb associare, from ad- ‘to’ + socius ‘sharing, allied’.