English > tie in: 2 senses > verb 2, cognition| Meaning | make a logical or causal connection. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s something with something |
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| Synonyms | associate, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect |
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| Narrower | correlate | Bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation |
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| free-associate | associate freely |
| identify | conceive of as united or associated |
| interrelate | place into a mutual relationship |
| remember | Exercise, or have the power of, memory |
| think of, have in mind, mean | Intend to refer to |
| Broader | think, cogitate, cerebrate | Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments |
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| Opposite | decouple, dissociate | regard as unconnected |
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| Spanish | asociar, comunicar, conectar, entroncar, ligar, relacionar, unir, vincular |
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| Catalan | associar, comunicar, connectar, entroncar, relacionar, vincular |
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