Association

[əsəʊsɪ'eɪʃ(ə)n;-ʃɪ-] or [ə,soʃɪ'eʃən]

Definition

(noun.) the act of consorting with or joining with others; 'you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association'.

(noun.) the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; 'conditioning is a form of learning by association'.

(noun.) (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.

(noun.) a formal organization of people or groups of people; 'he joined the Modern Language Association'.

(noun.) (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding.

(noun.) a relation resulting from interaction or dependence; 'flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear'; 'the host is not always injured by association with a parasite'.

(noun.) the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination; 'his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break'.

Checked by Dolores--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

(n.) Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing.

(n.) Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches.

Typist: Loretta

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Union, connection, conjunction, combination.[2]. Society, fraternity, partnership, copartnership, sodality, company, band, corporation, body, guild, firm, house, confederacy, confederation, LODGE, club, COTERIE, CLIQUE, joint concern.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Union, connection, conjunction, contortment, companionship, alliance,familiarity, community, membership, society, company, denomination,partnership, fellowship, fraternity, friendship

ANT:Disunion, disconnection, estrangement, separation, severance, independence,avoidance, disruption, dismemberment, solitude, individuality

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Examples

Typist: Remington

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