(~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ someone or something with another thing, the two are connected in your mind.
Through science we’ve got the idea of associating progress with the future...
VERB: V n with n
2.
If you are ~d with a particular organization, cause, or point of view, or if you ~ yourself with it, you support it publicly.
I haven’t been ~d with the project over the last year...
The press feels the need to ~ itself with the green movement.
= affiliate
VERB: be V-ed with n, V pron-refl with n
3.
If you say that someone is associating with another person or group of people, you mean they are spending a lot of time in the company of people you do not approve of.
What would they think if they knew that they were associating with a murderer?...
VERB: V with n
4.
Your ~s are the people you are closely connected with, especially at work.
...the restaurant owner’s business ~s.
= colleague
N-COUNT: oft n N
5.
Associate is used before a rank or title to indicate a slightly different or lower rank or title.
Mr Lin is ~ director of the Institute...
ADJ: ADJ n