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Meaning of 'association' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Association [ n.]
- The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.
- Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing.
- 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.

Meaning of 'association' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . association [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a social or business relationship
Example in sentence:
  • a valuable financial affiliation;
  • he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team;
  • many close associations with England
Meaning (2):
- the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
Example in sentence:
  • conditioning is a form of learning by association
Meaning (3):
- a relation resulting from interaction or dependence
Example in sentence:
  • flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear;
  • the host is not always injured by association with a parasite
Meaning (4):
- a formal organization of people or groups of people
Example in sentence:
  • he joined the Modern Language Association
Meaning (5):
- the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
Example in sentence:
  • his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break
Meaning (6):
- the act of consorting with or joining with others
Example in sentence:
  • you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association

Nearby Words:

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