associate in English: To connect people or things in your mind, or to spend time with someone. (verb)

Translation

To connect people or things in your mind, or to spend time with someone.

Word origin

From Latin associare, to join with, from socius, a companion.

Verb typeregular (associate, associates, associated)

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"Associate A with B" means A makes you think of B.

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Here it means to spend time with someone.

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As a noun, said with a soft ending, an associate is a person you work with.

connect

To join two things together so that they work as one.

link

A connection between two things, or one of the rings that make a chain.

join

To come together with other people, or to put two things together.

friend

A person you know well and like, who is not in your family.

partner

A person you work with, play with, or share your life with.

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