associated
/əˈsəʊʃieɪtɪd
/adjective
1(Of a person or thing) connected with something else: two associated events...
- Migrant workers often have to suffer being despised and laughed at and they are also associated with shabby clothes, vulgar behaviour and criminal activity.
- However, these days he's more associated with New York's downtown scene, where he has become a key player since relocating there in the late 1970s.
- One would expect that dragonflies are already flagship species of wetlands and freshwater, with which they are closely associated.
Synonyms
related, connected, linked, correlated, analogous, similar, alike, kindred, corresponding;
attendant, accompanying, auxiliary, accessory, incidental
formal cognate
1.1(Of a company) connected or amalgamated with another company or companies.Thirdly, about 75 per cent of the firm's deposits were maintained by its shareholders and by its subsidiary and associated companies....
- These include associated companies' relief and relief for reconstructions or amalgamations of companies.
- In some cases this is not that obvious, because they use an associated company with a different name to market the products.
Synonyms
affiliated, allied, integrated, amalgamated, incorporated, federated, confederated, syndicated, unified, connected, interconnected, related, linked, joined, bound;
in league, in partnership, in alliance
1.2 Chemistry (Of liquids) in which the molecules are held together by hydrogen bonding or other weak interaction.Their simulations suggest that the more flexible structures have fewer associated water molecules and counterions....
- Accordingly we distinguish between permanently internal and temporarily associated water molecules.
- In phospholipid membranes these loosely associated water molecules are in fast exchange with the bulk water phase.