Associate I People Mind Verb Bre əˈsəʊsieɪt əˈsoʊsieɪt

• i always associate the smell of baking with my childhood.
• he is closely associated in the public mind with horror movies.
• most people immediately associate addictions with drugs, alcohol and cigarettes.
• you wouldn’t normally associate these two writers—their styles are completely different.

associate

1. to make a connection between people or things in your mind
• I always associate the smell of baking with my childhood.
• He is closely associated in the public mind with horror movies.
• Most people immediately associate addictions with drugs, alcohol and cigarettes.
• You wouldn’t normally associate these two writers—their styles are completely different.
2. to spend time with somebody, especially a person or people that somebody else does not approve of
• synonym mix
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mix_1
• I don't like you associating with those people.
3. to show that you support or agree with something
• I associate myself with the Prime Minister's remarks (= I agree with them).
• I have never associated myself with political extremism.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they associate
• he / she / it associates
• past simple associated
• past participle associated
• -ing form associating

Word Origin

• late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘join with in a common purpose’; as an adjective in the sense ‘allied’): from Latin associat- ‘joined’, from the verb associare, from ad- ‘to’ + socius ‘sharing, allied’.