associate; tie in; relate; link; colligate; link up; connect




make a logical or causal connection

"I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"

Antonym:
  • decouple; dissociate

Type of:
  • think; cogitate; cerebrate

Types:
  • remember
  • interrelate
  • correlate
  • identify
  • free-associate
  • think of; have in mind; mean


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