Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • United into or forming an association; showing association; specifically, in physical chemistry, noting liquids some of whose molecules consist of aggregates of two or more of the molecules in which the substance exists when in the state of vapor.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Joined as a companion; brought into association; accompanying; combined.
  • adjective (Physiol.) consensual movements which accompany voluntary efforts without our consciousness.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of associate.

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Examples

  • It was appropriately called Our Friends Social Club, “Our Friends” being slang for “goodfellas,” a term associated only with “made” guys in the life.

    This Family of Mine

  • Here are a few: "The Great Recession" - This term started turning up frequently in 2008 as a play on the phrase "Great Depression," a term associated with the 1930s, when banks failed and the economy crashed.

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  • NEW YORK Reuters - A U.S. government request that Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam spend as much as 24-1/2 years in prison -- a term associated more with murder than financial crimes -- raises the ante in the biggest individual insider trading case in a generation.

    Reuters: Top News

  • As for Crass's original recordings, those were rescued by Penny Rimbaud a few years ago from deteriorating two-inch tape, and remastered for reissue on Southern Records, a label associated with the band from the beginning.

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  • He has approached international problems on a case-by-case basis and shows little interest in having his name associated with a grand doctrine.

    Obama's visit marks a new special relationship of the super-realists | Jacob Weisberg

  • Edith Wharton, a great admirer and friend of Henry James, was a likely candidate to edit the letters, but Alice thought her pushy and her novels too risqué to have her name associated with the James family.

    The Afterlife of the Lion

  • In the world of classical music, "professional" is a word associated with black tuxedos, and it is also a word that Mr. Maisky himself views with some skepticism.

    The Third Life of a 'Half-Amateur'

  • "Justice" became a word associated with hunting down Osama bin Laden, rather than ending discrimination.

    Patricia McGuire: The Agenda We Left Behind

  • Hers is hardly a name associated with ballets made with children in mind.

    The Kids Are All Right

  • "You don't want people to fear having their name associated with firearms, because what we're doing is we're trying to educate and stimulate and empower women to do something positive with a gun instead of something negative."

    Women Pulling the Trigger

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