- 1relating to the association of ideas or things
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- 2(mathematics) giving the same result, no matter what order the parts of a calculation are done in, for example (a × b) × c = a × (b × c)
associative
adjectiveNAmE//əˈsoʊʃət̮ɪv//, NAmE//əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt̮ɪv//, NAmE//əˈsoʊsiˌeɪt̮ɪv//
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