associated

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
associate

▶verb /əˈsəʊʃɪeɪt, -sɪeɪt/ 

• 1 make a conceptual connection between.

• 2 (usu. associate with) meet or have dealings with.

  ■ (associate oneself with) allow oneself to be connected with or seen to be supportive of.

  ■ (be associated with) be involved with.

▶noun /əˈsəʊʃɪət, -sɪət/ 

• 1 a partner or companion in business or at work.

• 2 a person with limited or subordinate membership of an organization.

• 3 chiefly Psychology a concept connected with another.

▶adjective /əˈsəʊʃɪət, -sɪət/ 

• 1 connected with an organization or business.

• 2 having shared function or membership but with a lesser status.

– derivatives
associability noun,
associable adjective,
associateship noun,
associator noun.

– origin ME: from L. associat-, associare ‘join’, from ad- ‘to’ + socius ‘sharing, allied’.