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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024as•so•ci•a•tion /əˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən, -ʃi-/USA pronunciation n. - an organization of people with a common purpose:[countable]an alumni association.
- the act of associating or the state of being associated:[uncountable]I learned from my association with them.
- an idea suggested by or connected with something else:[countable]Thinking of the small town I grew up in evokes many pleasant associations.
See -soc-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024as•so•ci•a•tion (ə sō′sē ā′shən, -shē-),USA pronunciation n. - an organization of people with a common purpose and having a formal structure.
- the act of associating or state of being associated.
- friendship;
companionship:Their close association did not last long. - connection or combination.
- the connection or relation of ideas, feelings, sensations, etc.;
correlation of elements of perception, reasoning, or the like. - 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. - Ecologya group of plants of one or more species living together under uniform environmental conditions and having a uniform and distinctive aspect.
- Chemistrya weak form of chemical bonding involving aggregation of molecules of the same compound.
- SportSee touch football.
- AstronomySee stellar association.
- Medieval Latin associātiōn- (stem of associātiō). See associate, -ion
- Middle French)
- (1525–35
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged alliance, union; society, company; band.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fellowship.
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