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noun
1.
an organization of people with a common purpose and having a formal structure.
2.
the act of associating or state of being associated.
3.
friendship; companionship: Their close association did not last long.
4.
connection or combination.
5.
EXPANDthe connection or relation of ideas, feelings, sensations, etc.; correlation of elements of perception, reasoning, or the like.
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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.
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Ecology. a group of plants of one or more species living together under uniform environmental conditions and having a uniform and distinctive aspect.
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Chemistry. a weak form of chemical bonding involving aggregation of molecules of the same compound.
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COLLAPSEAstronomy. stellar association.
Origin:
1525–35; (< Middle French ) < Medieval Latin associātiōn- (stem of associātiō). See associate, -ion
1525–35; (< Middle French ) < Medieval Latin associātiōn- (stem of associātiō). See associate, -ion
Related forms
as·so·ci·a·tion·al, adjective
in·ter·as·so·ci·a·tion, noun
non·as·so·ci·a·tion, noun
non·as·so·ci·a·tion·al, adjective
pro·as·so·ci·a·tion, adjective
EXPANDpseu·do·as·so·ci·a·tion·al, adjective
re·as·so·ci·a·tion, noun
sub·as·so·ci·a·tion, noun
sub·as·so·ci·a·tion·al, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. alliance, union; society, company; band. 3. fellowship.
1. alliance, union; society, company; band. 3. fellowship.
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Word Origin & History
association
1530s, "action of coming together," from L. associationem, noun of action from associatus, pp. of associare (see associate). Meaning "a body of persons with a common purpose" is from 1650s. Meaning "mental connection" is from 1680s; that of "quality or thing called to
EXPAND mind by something else" is from 1810.
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Medical Dictionary
association as·so·ci·a·tion (ə-sō'sē-ā'shən, -shē-)
n.
A connection of persons, things, or ideas by some common factor; union.
A functional connection of two ideas, events, or psychological phenomena established through learning or experience.
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Science Dictionary
association  (ə-sō'sē-ā'shən, -shē-) Pronunciation Key
A large number of organisms in a specific geographic area constituting a community with one or two dominant species. |
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