associate
verb (used with object)
to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc..
is associating
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present progressiveof associate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Therefore, workers must wear a special costume to fool the chick into thinking it is associating with an adult whooping crane to avoid creating the expectation that it will mate with a human.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
“Part of the way you teach the Holocaust in the state of Florida is associating it with prejudice and racism,” Agosto said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2022
“The idea is associating the current presidents with mythical presidents of the past,” Ms. Finnegan said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2018
As a result, the document can’t be dismissed as a bureaucratic product—the president is associating himself with it explicitly.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2017
He is at Brussels also, and mentions a belle there, Lady Adeliza Fitzhowden, with whom, he says, the world is associating your name.
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
