The phrase "associates thought" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an incomplete or incorrect expression, possibly intended to convey a connection between ideas or concepts.
Example: "The study explores how different cultures associates thought with emotional responses."
Alternatives: "links ideas" or "connects concepts".
For a time, some associates thought he might walk away and return to television.
Some of his closest friends and associates thought of him earlier this month when they played a private match.
"He was seeing a psychiatrist because his business associates thought he was crazy".
Moreno doesn't rap, but some friends and associates thought he should.
Associates thought it was suicidal for him to wade into the "Florida Terror" at a time when he was irreplaceable to the burgeoning civil rights movement, but the lawyer would not shrink from the fight--not after the Klan had murdered one of Marshall's NAACP associates involved with the case and Marshall had endured continual threats that he would be next.
The associate thought she had been handling challenges on her own.
We can free-associate thoughts or feelings from inkblots, but for that purpose they are no better than clouds, stains, carpets or anything at all.
Between the keepsakes, they would scribble appropriate scraps of prose or poetry, or associated thoughts that might profit from later revision.
To open a channel of communication, they instructed one of them, the 29-year-old man, to associate thoughts about tennis with "yes" and thoughts about being in his house with "no".
Call each pleasant event or experience to mind and allow the associated thoughts, sensations, and emotions to expand into your awareness and fill you with the sensations of mindful gratitude for a minute (not long enough to start going into story!), before going on to the next thing.
Researchers hypothesize that being able to tap into this in-between stage of associated thoughts and creativity could be insightful.
