Association - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |əˌsəʊʃɪˈeɪʃn|  American pronunciation of the word association
Brit.  |əsəʊʃɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word association

noun

- a formal organization of people or groups of people
- the act of consorting with or joining with others
you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by 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
- the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination (syn: connection, connexion)
conditioning is a form of learning by association
- a social or business relationship (syn: affiliation, tie, tie-up)
many close associations with England
- 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
- (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
- (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

Extra examples

An association of local business leaders

They denied having any association with terrorists.

They have a long association with the school and have donated millions of dollars to it.

This town has many happy childhood associations for me.

He had become habituated to grossness and immorality in his daily associations.

Scotland has all kinds of happy associations for me.

American Arbitration Association

American Association of Equipment Lessors

American Bar Association

American Economic Association

American Management Association

American Social Science Association

American Sociological Association

American Standards Association

American Statistical Association

Word forms

noun
singular: association
plural: associations
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