noun
a formal organization of people or groups of people
Examples
- he joined the Modern Language Association
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the act of consorting with or joining with others
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- you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association
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the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
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- his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break
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the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
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- conditioning is a form of learning by association
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a social or business relationship
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- a valuable financial affiliation
- he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team
- many close associations with England
noun
a relation resulting from interaction or dependence
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- flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear
- the host is not always injured by association with a parasite
noun
(chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
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(ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species