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association definition

as·so·cia·tion (ə sō′sē ā′s̸hən, -s̸hē-)

noun

  1. the act of associating
  2. the state of being associated; companionship; fellowship; partnership
  3. an organization of persons having common interests, purposes, etc.; society; league
  4. a connection in the mind between ideas, sensations, memories, etc.
  5. the use of such connections as a literary device or psychoanalytic technique
  6. a group of organisms living together in the same environment and forming a large, distinct component of a biome an oak forest association within a deciduous forest biome
  7. Chem. the joining by relatively weak chemical bonds of two or more molecules of the same or different substances into a larger aggregate, as in polymerization

Etymology: ML associatio, a joining with: see associate

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association Synonyms

association

n.

  1. The act of associating

    fraternization, socializing, friendship, acquaintanceship, cooperation, assistance, relationship, affiliation, agreement, participation, companionship, intercourse, intimacy, fellowship, familiarity, friendliness, camaraderie, membership, acquaintance, mingling, union, community, bond, connection.

    Antonyms disagreement*, severance*, rupture. *

  2. The process of intellectual comparison

    connection, relation, comparison, linking, correlation, identification, mental connection, train of thought, chain of ideas, free association, recollection, impression, remembrance, suggestibility.

    Antonyms separation*, dissociation*, segregation. *

  3. An organization

    union, federation, corporation; see organization 3.

  4. Companionship

    alliance, partnership, friendship; see fellowship 2, friendship 1.


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association Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • dedicate: Notes to editors: The Energy Retail Association established in October last year is the only dedicated trade association for UK energy suppliers.

Preposition: between

  • polymorphism: The DYA RFLP and PCR-RFLP results were completely correlated indicating a tight gametic association between the independent polymorphisms detected by the two methods.

Adjective modifier

  • unincorporated: Traditionally, most charities have chosen the structure of an unincorporated association or charitable trust.

Modifies a noun

  • aaia: Until when a support growth and industry association aaia.

Noun used with modifier

  • housing: Everyone who is housed through our housing register will now have a housing association or RSL tenancy.

Possessives

  • resident: We set up a residents ' association in Denaby to find out exactly what was being proposed.

Preposition: of

  • insurer: Association of British Insurers This report summarizes the results of a study of the annuity market in 2002.

Preposition: with

  • amazon.co.uk: BSAC TRAVEL CLUB BOOKSHOP SELECTION in association with amazon.co.uk Buy Now... .
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association quotes

Out of association grows adhesion, and out of adhesion amalgamation.

-Bronte«  , Charlotte

The society that will organize production on the basis of a free and equal association of the producers will put the whole machinery of the state where it will then belong: into the museum of antiquities, by the side of the spinning wheel and the bronze axe.

-Engels, Friedrich

Le journal repre¤  sente l'association; l'on peut dire qu'il parle a'   chacun de ses lecteurs au nom de tous les autres, et il les entra|"ne d'autant plus aise¤  ment qu'ils sont individuellement plus faibles. L'empire des journaux doit donc cro|"tre a'   mesure que les hommes s'e¤  galisent. A newspaper represents an association; one might say that it addresses each of its readers in the name of all the others, and influences them in proportion to their individual weakness. The power of newspapers should therefore increase as men become more equal.

-Tocqueville, Alexis Charles Henri Cle¤  rel de

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