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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024as•so•ci•a•tive (ə sō′shē ā′tiv, -sē-, -shə tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - pertaining to or resulting from association.
- tending to associate or unite.
- Mathematics, Philosophy
- (of an operation on a set of elements) giving an equivalent expression when elements are grouped without change of order, as (a + b) + c = a + (b + c).
- having reference to this property:associative law of multiplication.
- 1805–15; associate + -ive
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: associative /əˈsəʊʃɪətɪv/ adj - of, relating to, or causing association or union
- being independent of the grouping of numbers, symbols, or terms within a given set, as in conjunction or in an expression such as (2 × 3) × 4 = 2 × (3 × 4)
- referring to this property: the associative laws of arithmetic
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