What does associate mean?
Word: Associate
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Associate means to think of one thing whenever you think of another. It can also mean to spend time or work with certain people.
Synonyms: link, relate
Antonyms: separate
How do you spell associate?
Syllables: as - so - ci - ate
Tricky part: The sh sound in the middle is spelt with c, not sh or s.
Watch out for: assosiate, assoshiate
Memory tip: The ci in the middle makes the same sh sound as the ci in social and special.
Associate in a sentence
Example 1: Many people associate the smell of wet earth with the first monsoon rain.
Example 2: I always associate my grandmother with mango pickle.
Example 3: Spiders are often associated with fear, but most are harmless to people.
Fun Fact
As a noun, an associate is a partner or co-worker. The noun and the verb are spelt the same but said differently at the end.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: associate
a) divide
b) forget
c) scatter
d) connect
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d) connect. When you connect two ideas in your mind, you associate them.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Grandma says she will always asociate the sound of cowbells with her village.
a) always
b) asociate
c) village
d) sound
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b) asociate. The s is doubled straight after the first a.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
staciosae
a) assimilate
b) assistant
c) associate
d) association
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c) associate. Association would need an extra i and n, and neither assistant nor assimilate has a c, so the nine letters make associate.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) communicate
b) associat
c) appreciate
d) celebrate
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b) associat. Associate keeps a silent e after the t.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these do many children associate with summer?
a) woollen sweaters
b) thick fog
c) heavy snowfall
d) ice cream and long holidays
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d) ice cream and long holidays
2. Grandma tells Zoe to associate with kind friends. What does she mean?
a) stay away from all friends
b) sit alone at lunch
c) spend time with kind friends
d) write letters to kind friends
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c) spend time with kind friends
