associates meaning
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US EN Associates 
- NounBFassociate
- VerbBFassociatePRassociatingPT, PPassociated
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- Variation in caste ratio is associated with additional variation in mating behavior (mating flights vs. intranidal mating, i.e., mating in the nest) and the pattern of brood production [12 ].
- The postcranial elements, which are rarely associated with hyainailourine specimens, indicate an animal capable of a plantigrade stance and adapted for terrestrial locomotion.
- Some researchers have proposed that early social dysfunction in 22q11DS is associated with premorbidity to schizophrenia, and that these social impairments may result in a misdiagnosis of an ASD.
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "associates" is a noun, more specifically, a noun form. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.