associable
Americanadjective
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capable of being associated.
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(of a nation or state) belonging to an economic association.
noun
Other Word Forms
- associability noun
- associableness noun
- nonassociability noun
- nonassociable adjective
- unassociable adjective
- unassociably adverb
Etymology
Origin of associable
First recorded in 1605–15; associ(ate) + -able
Example Sentences
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Accounts have suggested it was chosen to make the drug instantly associable with Mexicans, or non-white people.
From The Guardian
In short, nothing of the extravagance of the time, on either side, is associable with the outset of Jeffrey's career.
From Project Gutenberg
According to Chladni, these concomitants occurred, and to me they seem—rather brutal?—or not associable with something so soft and gentle as a fall of pollen?
From Project Gutenberg
For the objects of any two ideas need not have co- existed in the same sensation in order to become mutually associable.
From Project Gutenberg
What expansion, what liberty of heart, in speech: how associable to music, to singing, the written lines!
From Project Gutenberg
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