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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

The research team plans to continue studying associative learning in patient populations.

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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