association, n.
(associations)
freq. cnt. 23
(associations)
freq. cnt. 23
a formal organization of people or groups of people
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10
association
sample sentences
"he joined the Modern Language Association"
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American Baptist Convention, Northern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Convention
cooperative
club, society, order, social club, guild, gild, lodge
fellowship, family
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW
league, conference
secret society
pool, syndicate, consortium
professional association
Fabian Society
gang, pack, ring, mob
legion
chamber of commerce
institute
sisterhood, sistership
Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons, AARP
National Association of Realtors
Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN
member meronym
the act of consorting with or joining with others
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6
association
sample sentences
"you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
association connection connexion
sample sentences
"conditioning is a form of learning by association"
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the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
association
sample sentences
"his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break"
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a social or business relationship
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
affiliation association tie tie-up
sample sentences
"a valuable financial affiliation""he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"
"many close associations with England"
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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
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association
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domain of synset (topic)
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(chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
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association
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domain of synset (topic)
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a relation resulting from interaction or dependence
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association