associating

/AH0 S OW1 S IY0 EY0 T IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To join in or form a league, union, or association.

  2. 2

    To spend time socially; keep company.

    โ€œShe associates with her coworkers on weekends.โ€

  3. 3

    (with with) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.

    โ€œHe associated his name with many environmental causes.โ€

  4. 4

    To connect or join together; combine.

    โ€œparticles of gold associated with other substancesโ€

  5. 5

    To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.

  6. 6

    (in deliberative bodies) To endorse.

  7. 7

    To be associative.

  8. 8

    To accompany; to be in the company of.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/associate, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/associating