association

1. A formal organization of people or groups of people (synset 108066153)
   "he joined the Modern Language Association"
   is a type of: organisation, organization - a group of people who work together
   subtypes:

   • american baptist convention, northern baptist convention - an association of Northern Baptists
   • southern baptist convention - an association of Southern Baptists
   • cooperative - an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it
   • club, gild, guild, lodge, order, social club, society - a formal association of people with similar interests
   • family, fellowship - an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
   • american legion - the largest organization of United States war veterans
   • veterans of foreign wars, vfw - an organization of United States war veterans
   • conference, league - an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
   • secret society - a society that conceals its activities from nonmembers
   • consortium, pool, syndicate - an association of companies for some definite purpose
   • professional association - an association of practitioners of a given profession
   • fabian society - an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism
   • gang, mob, pack, ring - an association of criminals
   • legion - association of ex-servicemen
   • chamber of commerce - an association of businessmen to protect and promote business interests
   • institute - an association organized to promote art or science or education
   • sisterhood, sistership - an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest
   • aarp, association for the advancement of retired persons - an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens
   • national association of realtors - a United States association of real estate agents which follows a strict code of ethics
   • asean, association of southeast asian nations - an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism
   member holonym:

   • chapter - a local branch of some fraternity or association
   • associate - a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
2. The act of consorting with or joining with others (synset 101083552)
   "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"
   is a type of: social activity - activity considered appropriate on social occasions
   subtypes:

   • fraternisation, fraternization - associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way; especially with an enemy
   • affiliation - the act of becoming formally connected or joined
3. The state of being connected together as in memory or imagination (synset 114444543)
   "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break"
   is a type of: unification, union - the state of being joined or united or linked
4. The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination (synset 105771913)
   "conditioning is a form of learning by association"
   is a type of: memory, remembering - the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
   subtypes: colligation - the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis
   same as: connection, connexion
5. A social or business relationship (synset 113953418)
   "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England"
   is a type of: relationship - a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
   same as: affiliation, tie, tie-up
6. A relation resulting from interaction or dependence (synset 113804981)
   "flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear"; "the host is not always injured by association with a parasite"
   is a type of: relation - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
7. (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding (synset 113456325)
   referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
   is a type of: chemical action, chemical change, chemical process - (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved
   subtypes:

   • hydration - the process of combining with water; usually reversible
   • solvation - a chemical process in which solvent molecules and molecules or ions of the solute combine to form a compound
8. (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 (synset 108006819)
   referred to in: bionomics, ecology, environmental science - the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
   is a type of: group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
   subtypes: antibiosis - an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another

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