associating

Verb

associate (third-person singular simple present associates, present participle associating, simple past and past participle associated)

1. (intransitive) To join in or form a league, union, or association.
2. (intransitive) To spend time socially; keep company.
   • She associates with her coworkers on weekends.

   Synonyms:

   surround, forgather

3. (transitive) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
   • He associated his name with many environmental causes.
4. (transitive) To connect or join together; combine.
   • particles of gold associated with other substances

   Synonyms:

   attach, join, put together, unite, accouple, affix, assemble, bewed, bind, clasp

5. (transitive) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
   • I always somehow associate Chatterton with autumn.1819 September 21, John Keats, letter to John Hamilton Reynolds
6. (reflexive) To endorse.
   • She refused to associate herself with the petition.

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