associating

Definitions

Connecting or linking someone or something in the mind.

Joining with others as a partner, ally, or colleague.

Occurring or existing together or in connection with one another.

Examples

I have been associating the smell of pine with my childhood holidays for years.

The researchers are associating the rise in temperatures with increased carbon emissions.

She is currently associating with a group of talented artists to improve her painting skills.

Synonyms

connecting linking relating joining combining uniting coupling

Antonyms

separating dividing detaching disconnecting isolating severing divorcing