association

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

2. 2noun

   Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing.

3. 3noun

   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.

4. 4noun

   the act of consorting with or joining with others

   "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"

5. 5noun

   the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

   "conditioning is a form of learning by association"

   Synonyms

   connectionconnexion
6. 6noun

   (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

7. 7noun

   a formal organization of people or groups of people

   "he joined the Modern Language Association"

8. 8noun

   (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding

9. 9noun

   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"

10. 10noun

    a social or business relationship

    "a valuable financial affiliation"

    "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"

    Synonyms

    affiliationtie
11. 11noun

    the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination

    "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break"