The verb is pronounced /əsoʊsieɪt/. The noun and adjective are pronounced /əsoʊsiət/.
( associated)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you associate 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 associated with a particular organization, cause, or point of view, or if you associate yourself with it, you support it publicly.
I haven’t been associated with the project over the last year...
The press feels the need to associate 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 associates are the people you are closely connected with, especially at work.
...the restaurant owner’s business associates.
= 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 associate director of the Institute...
ADJ : ADJ n