ALL meanings of association
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A a - countable noun association If something has particular associations for you, it is connected in your mind with a particular memory, idea, or feeling. 3
- noun association a group of people having a common purpose or interest; a society or club 3
- noun association the act of associating or the state of being associated 3
- noun association friendship or companionship 3
- noun association a mental connection of ideas, feelings, or sensations 3
- noun association the mental process of linking ideas so that the recurrence of one idea automatically recalls the other 3
- noun association the formation of groups of molecules and ions, esp in liquids, held together by weak chemical bonds 3
- noun association a group of similar plants that grow in a uniform environment and contain one or more dominant species 3
- noun association the act of associating 3
- noun association the state of being associated; companionship; fellowship; partnership 3
- noun association an organization of persons having common interests, purposes, etc.; society; league 3
- noun association a connection in the mind between ideas, sensations, memories, etc. 3
- noun association the use of such connections as a literary device or psychoanalytic technique 3
- noun association a group of organisms living together in the same environment and forming a large, distinct component of a biome 3
- noun association the joining by relatively weak chemical bonds of two or more molecules of the same or different substances into a larger aggregate, as in polymerization 3
- countable noun association An association is an official group of people who have the same job, aim, or interest. 3
- countable noun association Your association with a person or a thing such as an organization is the connection that you have with them. 3
- noun association an organization of people with a common purpose and having a formal structure. 1
- noun association the act of associating or state of being associated. 1
- noun association friendship; companionship: Their close association did not last long. 1
- noun association connection or combination. 1
- noun association the connection or relation of ideas, feelings, sensations, etc.; correlation of elements of perception, reasoning, or the like. 1
- noun association an idea, image, feeling, etc., suggested by or connected with something other than itself; an accompanying thought, emotion, or the like; an overtone or connotation: My associations with that painting are of springlike days. 1
- noun association Ecology. a group of plants of one or more species living together under uniform environmental conditions and having a uniform and distinctive aspect. 1
- noun association Chemistry. a weak form of chemical bonding involving aggregation of molecules of the same compound. 1
- noun association touch football. 1
- noun association Astronomy. stellar association. 1
- noun association organization 1
- noun association act of associating 1
- noun association link between thoughts 1
- noun association connection 1
- noun association formation of molecular group 1
- noun association group of similar plants 1
- noun association (often in names) A group of people organized for a joint purpose. 1
- noun association The act of associating. 0
- noun association The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something. 0
- noun association (statistics) Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation). 0
- noun association A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society. 0