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associative

[uh-soh-shee-ey-tiv, -see-, -shuh-tiv] / əˈsoʊ ʃiˌeɪ tɪv, -si-, -ʃə tɪv /




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The concept of associative play refers to how well a player links up with his team-mates.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2026

This process is known as associative learning, which simply means learning through repeated connections between cues and results.

From Science Daily Dec. 26, 2025

Most of his lyrics read the way poems do, abandoning the typical verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-verse-chorus structure of standard pop songs for the loosely associative through line typical of free-verse poetry.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 26, 2025

“This is an associative poetic art show,” Simpson says of the 18 participating artists.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 21, 2025

No dinner table, no shaded margin of a tennis court ever heard her so easily and richly associative.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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