Third-person singular simple present indicative form of associate.(verb)
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Use "associates" in a sentence
"Another thing to consider, "associates" is not aides."
"The federal racketeering case against the national president of the Outlaws motorcycle gang and three of his associates is going to a jury in Virginia."
"To take away a person's or institutions right to ownership of private property and the other liberties associates is outright communism."