1as·so·ci·ate 
/əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt/ verb
as·so·ci·ates; as·so·ci·at·ed; as·so·ci·at·ing /əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt/ verb 1 [+ obj] : to think of one person or thing when you think of another person or thing — usually + with ▪ I associate flowers with spring. ▪ She will always associate that place with her youth. ▪ People associate the company with televisions but it also makes computers. ◊When one thing is associated with another, they happen together or are related or connected in some way.
▪ There are several dangers/risks associated with [=connected with] that approach. ▪ plants associated with the desert ▪ He has symptoms associated with lung disease. ▪ There are health problems that are often associated with poverty. 2 : to be together with another person or group as friends, partners, etc. [no obj] ▪ She associates with [=is friends with] some pretty strange people. ▪ They denied associating with terrorists. [=they denied being involved with terrorists] [+ obj] ▪ He was associated [=connected, identified] with a group of radicals in the government. ▪ I no longer wish to be associated with people like him. ▪ She associates herself with some pretty strange people. ◊If you associate yourself with something, such as a political movement, you show or say that you support and agree with it.
▪ He was reluctant to associate himself with the government's position.
▪ There are several dangers/risks associated with [=connected with] that approach. ▪ plants associated with the desert ▪ He has symptoms associated with lung disease. ▪ There are health problems that are often associated with poverty.
▪ He was reluctant to associate himself with the government's position.
