(uncountable) The act of associating. / (countable) The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.

Of, pertaining to or deriving from association.

plural of association

(of a person or thing) connected with something or another person. / (of a company) connected or amalgamated with another company.

simple past tense and past participle of associate

(algebra) The condition of being associative. / (programming) The property of an operator which determines how it is grouped with operators of the same precedence in the absence of parentheses.

Capable of being associated or joined. / (obsolete) sociable; companionable / (medicine, obsolete) Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc.

plural of associativity

In an associative way.

plural of associator