The phrase "associate someone" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to connecting or linking someone with a particular idea, group, or context.
Example: "I tend to associate her with creativity and innovation due to her unique approach to problem-solving."
Alternatives: "link someone" or "connect someone".
The minute I left Koffee that afternoon, I was elated by a rare feeling — the certainty that I had met a future associate, someone I would enjoy knowing and reading for the rest of my life.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet The minute I left Koffee that afternoon, I was elated by a rare feeling — the certainty that I had met a future associate, someone I would enjoy knowing and reading for the rest of my life.
Whenever I tell that story to the new banking associates, someone always asks if we caught the guy in the end.
"We do with some exceptions, and one of them would be taking signs and standing outside a funeral home and associating someone's death with God's hate for homosexuality.
When Smith described his idea for it to associates, someone asked what would make it distinctive.
No one, no group, no business should be forced to associate with someone whose political views they find abhorrent.
Discrimination by association The same principle and protection also extends to people who are treated unfairly because they associate with someone who has a protected characteristic.
Linda is one of the cruelest and her father is a segregationist who is set in his ways and can't stand the thought of his daughter having to associate with someone of a different skin colour.
They also explored the students' perceptions of fair and equal treatment by teachers, as well as how much the students wanted to associate with someone of a different race at the lunch table, basketball court, school bus, and so on.
