associated

1. 1
   goes along withadjective

   Connected or linked with a particular person, thing, or matter.

   Researchers identified several genes associated with the disease.

   The costs associated with running a small farm have risen sharply.

   UsageUsually followed by with: risks associated with smoking. An adverb often goes before it: closely associated, commonly associated.

   Similarlinked, connected, related, involved

   Oppositeunrelated, unconnected

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of associate.

   Early settlers associated the comet with coming misfortune.

   She had long associated that street with her first job.

   UsageUsually followed by with: she associated the street with her first job; they associated with musicians.

   Note

   One spelling does two jobs: the past tense (she associated with musicians in her twenties) and the participle that follows have or be. In the passive, as in is associated with, the verb shades into the adjective meaning "connected". The reflexive use is worth knowing: to have associated yourself with a cause is to have publicly endorsed it, not merely to have been near it.

3. 3
   sister companyadjective

   Of a business, formally linked with another company or merged into it.

   The report listed several associated companies under the same holding group.

   Profits from the associated venture were reported separately in the accounts.

   Similaraffiliated, allied

   Oppositeindependent, unaffiliated

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