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Association has to do with things that are together, whether in a formal group like the National Basketball Association or just two things that are related, like the association between dogs and parks.

Any time people or things are connected, there are associations. The National Basketball Association is an example of the business meaning of association — a formal organization or group that works together. If you ask, "What is your association with Bill?" That just means, "How are you connected to Bill?" You can also make mental associations — you might make an association between the smell of fresh bread and your grandmother's kitchen, for example.

DEFINITIONS OF: association

n a formal organization of people or groups of people

“he joined the Modern Language Association”

Examples:: Ku Klux Klan
a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people; Medellin cartel
a drug cartel in Colombia; controlled the production of cocaine from the 1970s until 1993 when the leader was killed; Cali cartel
a drug cartel that seized control of cocaine production in Colombia in 1993; adopted techniques used by terrorist organizations (small cells and sophisticated communications equipment and close ties with politicians etc.)

Types:: show 53 types...; hide 53 types...; American Baptist Convention, Northern Baptist Convention
an association of Northern Baptists; Southern Baptist Convention
an association of Southern Baptists; cooperative
an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it; club, gild, guild, lodge, order, social club, society
a formal association of people with similar interests; family, fellowship
an association of people who share common beliefs or activities; American Legion
the largest organization of United States war veterans; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars
an organization of United States war veterans; conference, league
an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members; secret society
a society that conceals its activities from nonmembers; consortium, pool, syndicate
an association of companies for some definite purpose; professional association
an association of practitioners of a given profession; Fabian Society
an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism; gang, mob, pack, ring
an association of criminals; legion
association of ex-servicemen; chamber of commerce
an association of businessmen to protect and promote business interests; institute
an association organized to promote art or science or education; sisterhood, sistership
an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest; AARP, Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons
an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens; National Association of Realtors
a United States association of real estate agents which follows a strict code of ethics; ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations
an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism; koinonia
Christian fellowship or communion with God or with fellow Christians; said in particular of the early Christian community; athenaeum, atheneum
a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning; bookclub
a club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices; chapter
a local branch of some fraternity or association; chess club
a club of people to play chess; country club
a suburban club for recreation and socializing; frat, fraternity
a social club for male undergraduates; glee club
a club organized to sing together; golf club
a club of people to play golf; hunt, hunt club
an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport; investors club
a club of small investors who buy and sell securities jointly; jockey club
a club to promote and regulate horse racing; racket club
club for players of racket sports; rowing club
a club for rowers; slate club
a group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas); sorority
a social club for female undergraduates; turnverein
a club of tumblers or gymnasts; boat club, yacht club
club that promotes and supports yachting and boating; big league, major league, majors
the most important league in any sport (especially baseball); bush league, minor league, minors
a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball); baseball league
a league of baseball teams; basketball league
a league of basketball teams; bowling league
a league of bowling teams; football league
a league of football teams; hockey league
a league of hockey teams; Ivy League
a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige; Freemasonry, Masonry
Freemasons collectively; National Volunteers Association, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
an all-male organization begun in 1925 to foster nationalism in India's Hindus; service club
a club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public services; cartel, combine, corporate trust, trust
a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service; class, division
a league ranked by quality; nest
a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality; youth gang
a gang whose members are teenagers

Type of:: organisation, organization
a group of people who work together

n a social or business relationship

“many close associations with England”

Synonyms:: affiliation, tie, tie-up

Type of:: relationship
a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

n the act of consorting with or joining with others

“you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association”

Types:: fraternisation, fraternization
associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way; especially with an enemy; affiliation
the act of becoming formally connected or joined; reaffiliation
affiliation anew

Type of:: social activity
activity considered appropriate on social occasions

n (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

Types:: antibiosis
an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another

Type of:: group, grouping
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

n 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”

Type of:: relation
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together

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

“conditioning is a form of learning by association”

Synonyms:: connection, connexion

Types:: colligation
the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis; generalisation, generalization, induction, inductive reasoning
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles

Type of:: memory, remembering
the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered

n the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination

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

Antonyms:: disassociation
the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination

Type of:: unification, union
the state of being joined or united or linked

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

Types:: hydration
the process of combining with water; usually reversible; solvation
a chemical process in which solvent molecules and molecules or ions of the solute combine to form a compound

Type of:: chemical action, chemical change, chemical process
(chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved

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