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the act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"

the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association"

(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

a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"

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

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"

the act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"

the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association"

(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

a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"

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

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"

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.

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.

A group of people who have joined together for a common purpose. Unlike a corporation, an association is not a legal entity. The law may treat an association like a corporation, however, if it has been operating in a corporate manner -- for example, if it has a charter and shareholders.

A functional relationship between psychological phenomena of such nature that the presence of one tends to evoke the other; also, the process by which such a relationship is established.

The act of joining together or the state of fellowship; the union of persons in a society or club; a body of persons organized for a common object; a corporation; a connection of ideas; that which is mentally connected with a thing.

1. A society or union of persons of like tastes or pursuits, or of the same profession, for the promotion of the moral, material, or professional interests of the members, such as the American Medical Association, the British Medical Association, etc. 2. Union; connection of persons, things, or ideas.

Act of associating: union or combination: a society of persons joined together to promote some object.

Act of associating; union; society.

The act of associating; fellowship; combination; society; corporation.

Connection of ideas.

The union of persons in a company for mutual benefit; a society; connection, applied to ideas.

Adherence of gregarines without fusion of nuclei; fibres connecting white matter of interior of brain with cortex of convolutions.

A functional or structural connection.

n. Act of associating, or state of being associated; connection; –union of persons for some particular purpose.

Union, conjuction, society; confederacy; partnership; connection.