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# associate

verb (associate, associates, associated, associating); noun (an associate, associates); adjective (associate)

«associate» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To associate one thing with another is to connect them in your mind: I associate summer with ice cream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/associate/#m1)
2. To associate with people is to spend time with them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/associate/#m2)
3. (noun) An associate is a person you work with or know through work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/associate/#m3)
4. (adjective) Associate describes a person with a lower or partly joined rank: an associate member. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/associate/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths the associative law says (2 + 3) + 4 = 2 + (3 + 4); you can group adding or multiplying either way. In everyday life smells and songs make us associate them with memories. In safety lessons, be careful who you associate with online. Phrases: associate with, associated with.

### Examples

- I associate the smell of pine with Christmas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/associate/#x1)
- Red is often associated with danger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/associate/#x2)
- Don't associate with people who make you do bad things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/associate/#x3)
- Dad's work associate came for dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/associate/#x4)
- Headaches can be associated with not drinking enough water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/associate/#x5)
- She is an associate member of the club. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/associate/#x6)
- There must certainly be some relations of mine living here; I will just see if I can find any one with whom I can associate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/associate/#x7)

### Note

The verb ends with an «ate» sound (as-SO-see-ate); the noun and adjective end with an «it» sound (as-SO-see-it). Noun: association. Maths word: associative (grouping does not change the answer for + and ×, but it does for − and ÷).

## In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah it means linking a letter, sound or number with something else, such as a planet, a day or a body part.

**Interpretation.** Jewish mystics link the letters with the things of the world, and these links are a main way of reading Sefer Yetzirah.

### Examples

- The Seven Double Letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pe, Resh, and Tau have each two sounds associated with theui. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/associate/#x1)
- The Seven double letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pé, Resh, and Tau have each two sounds associated with them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/associate/#x2)
- In the Bahir, the Thirty-Two Ways are associated with the gematria value of לֵב lev ‘heart’ (\[Bahir 63\], \[Bahir 95\] inter alia cf. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/associate/#x3)

### Note

The verb ends with an «ate» sound (as-SO-see-ate); the noun and adjective end with an «it» sound (as-SO-see-it). Noun: association. Maths word: associative (grouping does not change the answer for + and ×, but it does for − and ÷).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «associate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/associate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«associate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/associate.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «associate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/associate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«associate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/associate.html) on Mova free.