as·so·ci·a·tion ( -s  s -  shn, -sh-)n. 1. The act of associating or the state of being associated. 2. An organized body of people who have an interest, activity, or purpose in common; a society. 3. a. A mental connection or relation between thoughts, feelings, ideas, or sensations. b. A remembered or imagined feeling, emotion, idea, or sensation linked to a person, object, or idea. 4. Chemistry Any of various processes of combination, such as hydration, solvation, or complex-ion formation, depending on relatively weak chemical bonding. 5. Ecology A large number of organisms in a specific geographic area constituting a community with one or two dominant species. as·so ci·ation·al adj. |
association
Noun
1. a group of people with a common interest
2. the act of associating or the state of being associated
3. friendship: their association still had to remain a secret
4. a mental connection of ideas or feelings: the place contained associations for her
| association (-ss-shn, -sh-) A large number of organisms in a specific geographic area constituting a community with one or two dominant species. |
Association a group of persons to promote some idea, sport, or object. See also alliance, fellowship, league.
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| Noun | 1. |  association - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"organization, organisation - a group of people who work together American Baptist Convention, Northern Baptist Convention - an association of Northern Baptists Southern Baptist Convention - an association of Southern Baptists cooperative - an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it gild, guild, social club, society, club, lodge, order - a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" fellowship, family - an association of people who share common beliefs or activities; "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"; "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship" chapter - a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter" American Legion - the largest organization of United States war veterans Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW - an organization of United States war veterans league, conference - an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members secret society - a society that conceals its activities from nonmembers professional association - an association of practitioners of a given profession Fabian Society - an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism gang, mob, pack, ring - an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" legion - association of ex-servicemen; "the American Legion" chamber of commerce - an association of businessmen to protect and promote business interests institute - an association organized to promote art or science or education sisterhood, sistership - an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest AARP, Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons - an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens National Association of Realtors - a United States association of real estate agents which follows a strict code of ethics ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations - an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism associate - a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor; "he had to consult his associate before continuing" |
| 2. | association - the act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association" social activity - activity considered appropriate on social occasions fraternisation, fraternization - associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way; especially with an enemy affiliation - the act of becoming formally connected or joined; "welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university" | |
| 3. | association - the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination; "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break" unification, union - the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union" disassociation - the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination; "I could not think of him in disassociation from his wife" | |
| 4. | association - the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association" remembering, memory - the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father" colligation - the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis | |
| 5. | association - a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England" relationship - a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries | |
| 6. | association - 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" relation - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together | |
| 7. | association - (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions chemical action, chemical change, chemical process - (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved hydration - the process of combining with water; usually reversible solvation - a chemical process in which solvent molecules and molecules or ions of the solute combine to form a compound | |
| 8. | association - (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 bionomics, environmental science, ecology - the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment antibiosis - an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another |
association
noun 1. group, company, club, order, union, class, society, league, band, set, troop, pack, camp, collection, gathering, organization, circle, corporation, alliance, coalition, partnership, federation, bunch, formation, faction, cluster, syndicate, congregation, batch, confederation, cooperative, fraternity, affiliation, posse (slang) clique, confederacy, assemblage
noun 2. friendship, relationship, link, tie, relations, bond, connection, partnership, attachment, intimacy, liaison, fellowship, affinity, familiarity, affiliation, companionship, comradeship, fraternization
noun 3. connection, union, joining, linking, tie, mixing, relation, bond, pairing, combination, mixture, blend, identification, correlation, linkage, yoking, juxtaposition, lumping together, concomitance
Translations
association [əsəusɪˈeɪʃən] n → asociación f;
(COMM) → sociedad f;
in association with → en asociación con
association [əsəusɪˈeɪʃən] associate n (group) → Verband m;
(involvement) → Verbindung f;
(Psych) → Assoziation f;
in association with associate → in Zusammenarbeit mit
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