Association

What do we mean by association?

The act of associating or the state of being associated. noun

An organized body of people who have an interest, activity, or purpose in common; a society. noun

A mental connection or relation between thoughts, feelings, ideas, or sensations. noun

A remembered or imagined feeling, emotion, idea, or sensation linked to a person, object, or idea. noun

A correlation or causal connection. noun

Any of various processes of combination, such as hydration, solvation, or complex-ion formation, depending on relatively weak chemical bonding. noun

A large number of organisms in a specific geographic area constituting a community with one or two dominant species. noun

In physical chemistry, the union of chemical molecules to form more complex aggregates; especially, the union of the molecules of a vapor to form more complex aggregates when the temperature is reduced nearly to the boiling-point, or when they condense into liquids. noun

In phytogeography, the aggregation of plant individuals initiated by reproduction on the spot of growth, but finally determined by environment. See formation and plant association. noun

A local aggregation of plants within a formation characterized more by the species which compose it than by any biological peculiarity. noun

The act of associating or the state of being associated. Connection of persons or things; union. noun

A union or connection of ideas. See association of ideas, below. noun

An organized union of persons for a common purpose; a body of persons acting together for the promotion of some object of mutual interest or advantage; a partnership, corporation, or society: as, the Association for the Advancement of Science; a political or charitable association. noun

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

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

Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose. 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. noun

The combination or connection of states of mind or their objects with one another, as the result of which one is said to be revived or represented by means of the other. The relations according to which they are thus connected or revived are called the law of association. Prominent among them are reckoned the relations of time and place, and of cause and effect. noun

The act of associating. noun

The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something. noun

The act of associating.

The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.

Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).

A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.

Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.

Words that are spelled similarly to association:
association, assoziation, dissociation, associative, associations, associating, associator, bisociation.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word association:
advancement, aba, colleges, accreditation, nba, governing, collegiate, scouts, organisation, alumni, athletics, federation, football, ncaa, organization, membership, affiliated, athletic.

Words that rhyme with association:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe association:
close, free, long, strong, voluntary, intimate, professional, positive, national, local, significant, political, direct, negative, possible, frequent, closer, references, cooperative, constant, international, operative, historical, clear, differential, loose, regional, mutual, mere, statistical, unincorporated, athletic, independent, apparent, formal, causal, weak, continued, permanent, finnish, observed, consistent, definite, linear, norwegian, stronger, symbiotic, temporal, largest, spatial, nonprofit, informal.

Words that sound like association:
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