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    • association :a formal organization of people or groups of people
      • he joined the Modern Language Association

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

    • association :the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
      • his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break

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

    • association :a social or business relationship
      • a valuable financial affiliation|he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team|many close associations with England

    • association :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

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

      • 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

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