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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 freelyplay

  Familiarity information: FREE-ASSOCIATE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FREE-ASSOCIATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they free-associate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it free-associates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: free-associated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: free-associated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: free-associating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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