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FREE-ASSOCIATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does free-associate mean?
• FREE-ASSOCIATE (verb)
The verb FREE-ASSOCIATE has 1 sense:
1. associate freely
Familiarity information: FREE-ASSOCIATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they free-associate ... he / she / it free-associates
Past simple: free-associated
Past participle: free-associated
-ing form: free-associating
... he / she / it free-associates Past simple: free-associated
Past participle: free-associated
-ing form: free-associating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Associate freely
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
Let's associate freely to bring up old memories
Hypernyms (to "free-associate" is one way to...):
associate; colligate; connect; link; link up; relate; tie in (make a logical or causal connection)
Domain category:
psychotherapy (the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something
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