Main entry: association
Definition: the act of consorting with or joining with others
Usage: you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association
Main entry: association, connection, connexion
Definition: the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
Usage: conditioning is a form of learning by association
Main entry: association
Definition: (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
Main entry: association
Definition: a formal organization of people or groups of people
Usage: he joined the Modern Language Association
Main entry: association
Definition: (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
Main entry: association
Definition: a relation resulting from interaction or dependence
Usage: flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear; the host is not always injured by association with a parasite
Main entry: association, affiliation, tie, tie-up
Definition: a social or business relationship
Usage: a valuable financial affiliation; he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team; many close associations with England
Main entry: association
Definition: the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
Usage: his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break