associate
verb (used with object)
to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc..
has been associating
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present perfect progressiveof associate (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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“But I don’t think it’s appropriate for you to contact strangers. No telling who your mother has been associating with. CPS will help us find her.”
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
"Because Thou hast the face of a man who has been associating with divinity."
From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Jeremiah Curtin
Allan has been associating closely with mother and me.
From Letters to His Children by Theodore Roosevelt
“Because thou hast the face of a man who has been associating with divinity.”
From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Alexander Glovatski
She has been associating in school, perhaps, with girls whom she is to serve in the family she enters.
From Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays by Timothy Titcomb
