1
as in traveling
to come or be together as friends
a socially ambitious couple who joined the country club in order to associate with the right sort of people
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2
as in identifying
to think of (something) in combination
she still associates Memorial Day with her long-ago fiancé, who died in Vietnam
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3
as in combining
to come together to form a single unit
the elements hydrogen and oxygen associate to form molecules of water
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as in cooperating
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members
nations deciding to associate in order to remove trade barriers
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as in mixing
to take part in social activities
you should try to associate with people your own age
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Recent Examples of associating
All have denied any wrongdoing or seeing anything untoward on their visits, and many have expressed regret at associating with Epstein.
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Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
But for the most part, your brain gets used to it despite associating the aesthetic with chaos and momentum.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
This rhetoric is employed to justify the state taking life, by associating the dead with national villainy.
—Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
This result is likely because of stereotypes associating Asian American students with higher GPAs and Black students with lower GPAs.
—Kenji Yoshino, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
Persico appeared before the judge Thursday after the feds charged him with violating his supervised release shortly after his July 2025 release from federal custody by associating with organized crime figures.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Additionally, the dolphins may also be associating with non-dolphin-eating orcas to learn to distinguish their sounds from those of the threatening mammal-eating killer whales.
—New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2025
Hellfire Club Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) is the only one still associating himself with the Hellfire Club at Hawkins High School, because the rest of the student body still thinks Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) is responsible for killing Vecna’s victims last season.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
Certainly there’s a long and distinguished tradition of associating Jewish arrivistes with entrepreneurialism, avarice, and clannishness.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
But for the most part, your brain gets used to it despite associating the aesthetic with chaos and momentum.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
This rhetoric is employed to justify the state taking life, by associating the dead with national villainy.
—Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
This result is likely because of stereotypes associating Asian American students with higher GPAs and Black students with lower GPAs.
—Kenji Yoshino, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
Persico appeared before the judge Thursday after the feds charged him with violating his supervised release shortly after his July 2025 release from federal custody by associating with organized crime figures.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Additionally, the dolphins may also be associating with non-dolphin-eating orcas to learn to distinguish their sounds from those of the threatening mammal-eating killer whales.
—New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2025
Hellfire Club Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) is the only one still associating himself with the Hellfire Club at Hawkins High School, because the rest of the student body still thinks Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) is responsible for killing Vecna’s victims last season.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
Certainly there’s a long and distinguished tradition of associating Jewish arrivistes with entrepreneurialism, avarice, and clannishness.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for associating
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For the past four weeks, as crews have worked to connect the new Portal North Bridge to the rail line, service has been traveling along just one track of the old bridge in both directions.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
13 Mar. 2026
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There were kids from legitimate moshpit organizations just traveling around, controlling the way the crowd reacted.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
13 Mar. 2026
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In the recent demonstration, advanced software and unmanned platforms were combined to create a system capable of identifying and responding to electronic signals with minimal human involvement.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
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Some identifying details about the facility are being withheld at the request of Kurdish military commanders.—
Younes Mohammad,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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By combining range, connectivity, and strike power, the new FPV drone could reshape how small teams operate in contested environments.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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Currently, after a settlement courts may move forward with a merger by combining assets before courts finish reviewing a settlement.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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Cipriani is cooperating in the probe.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Mar. 2026
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Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD said in a statement the district is fully cooperating with law enforcement.—
Suryatapa Chakraborty,
Dallas Morning News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Over his generous pours of cheap beer and dive-bar cocktails, aging All-Americans and national champions told stories about their old coach, mixing in laughs with the occasional Holtz imitation.—
Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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Make chia gel by mixing 1 tablespoon (tbsp) of chia seeds with 6 tbsp of water.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
16 Mar. 2026
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Solaria Energia, a Spanish renewable energy company that is connecting data centers to its own clean grid, for example, is nearing all-time trading highs.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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There is a growing body of research connecting extreme weather, exacerbated by climate change, to insurance price increases.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
18 Mar. 2026
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By correlating this economic power with global viewership trends, NNAF will validate the thesis that African content is not just culturally significant, but a commercially viable sector ready for institutional scale.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2026
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These digital twins operate as autonomous agents capable of validating issues, correlating signals, applying fixes and escalating to humans only when needed, compressing resolution times while improving service quality.—
Peter High,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Charlotte Checkers hosted its first Book Club Night in partnership with Trope Bookshop, uniting 450 hockey fans and sports romance lovers.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2026
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Udoka did, finally uniting them.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Associating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/associating. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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