{
    "term": "associate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "associate",
            "heSheIt": "associates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "associated",
        "pastParticiple": "associated",
        "ingForm": "associating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make a connection between people or things in your mind",
            "sensetop": "associate somebody/something with somebody/somethingassociate somebody/something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I always associate the smell of baking with my childhood.",
                    "contextForm": "associate somebody/something with somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is **closely associated** in the public mind with horror movies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most people immediately associate addictions with drugs and alcohol."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You wouldn’t normally associate these two writers—their styles are completely different.",
                    "contextForm": "associate somebody/something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to spend time with somebody, especially a person or people that somebody else does not approve of",
            "sensetop": "associate with somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don't like you associating with those people."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "mix"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to show that you support or agree with something",
            "sensetop": "associate yourself with something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I associate myself with the prime minister's remarks *(= I agree with them)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have never associated myself with political extremism."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsəʊsieɪt//əˈsəʊʃieɪt/",
                "audio": "as/associate/associate__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsəʊsieɪts//əˈsəʊʃieɪts/",
                "audio": "as/associate/associates__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsəʊsieɪtɪd//əˈsəʊʃieɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "as/associate/associated__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsəʊsieɪtɪŋ//əˈsəʊʃieɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "as/associate/associating__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsəʊsieɪt//əˈsəʊʃieɪt/",
                "audio": "as/associate/associate__us_2_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsəʊsieɪts//əˈsəʊʃieɪts/",
                "audio": "as/associate/associates__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsəʊsieɪtɪd//əˈsəʊʃieɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "as/associate/associated__us_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsəʊsieɪtɪŋ//əˈsəʊʃieɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "as/associate/associating__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘join with in a common purpose’; as an adjective in the sense ‘allied’): from Latin associat- ‘joined’, from the verb associare, from ad- ‘to’ + socius ‘sharing, allied’."
}