ASSOCIATION
Scrabble letter values: A1S1S1O1C3I1A1T1I1O1N1 = 13
Definition
- noun a formal organization of people or groups of people.
- noun the act of consorting with or joining with others.
- noun the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination.
- noun the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination. — synonyms: connection, connexion
- noun a social or business relationship. — synonyms: affiliation, tie, tie-up
- noun a relation resulting from interaction or dependence.
- noun (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding.
- noun (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.
Examples
- “he joined the Modern Language Association”
- “you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association”
- “his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break”