association

[As*so`ci*a·tion]

Association has to do with things that are together, whether in a formal group like the National Basketball Association or just two things that are related, like the association between dogs and parks.

...

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

Noun
the act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"

Noun
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association"

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

Noun
a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"

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

...

Noun
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"

Noun
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"

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


n.
The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

n.
Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing.

n.
Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches.


Association

As*so`ci*a"tion (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. association, LL. associatio, fr. L. associare.] 1. The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things. "Some . . . bond of association." Hooker.
Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God.
2. Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing.
Words . . . must owe their powers association.
Why should . . . the holiest words, with all their venerable associations, be profaned?
3. Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches. Association of ideas (Physiol.), the combination or connection of states of mind or their objects with one another, as the result of which one is said to be revived or represented by means of the other. The relations according to which they are thus connected or revived are called the law of association. Prominent among them are reckoned the relations of time and place, and of cause and effect. Porter.

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

...

Usage Examples

I did 10 years of comedies and 10 years of Westerns. I really like to stay away from car chases. I prefer the more intimate film. You have a much more direct association with the emotions.

The number one lobby that opposes campaign finance reform in the United States is the National Association of Broadcasters.

We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of association are more important than protecting secrets.

During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

I want to thank the efforts of the American Public Health Association and its 200-plus partners who have organized events around the Nation that serve to raise everyone's awareness of the need to improve public health.

Today, diabetes is now epidemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institutes of Health, the American Diabetes Association and other national healthcare leaders.

A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.

Misspelled Form

association, qassociation, wassociation, sassociation, zassociation, qssociation, wssociation, sssociation, zssociation, aqssociation, awssociation, asssociation, azssociation, aassociation, awssociation, aessociation, adssociation, axssociation, azssociation, aasociation, awsociation, aesociation, adsociation, axsociation, azsociation, asasociation, aswsociation, asesociation, asdsociation, asxsociation, aszsociation, asasociation, aswsociation, asesociation, asdsociation, asxsociation, aszsociation, asaociation, aswociation, aseociation, asdociation, asxociation, aszociation, assaociation, asswociation, asseociation, assdociation, assxociation, asszociation, assiociation, ass9ociation, ass0ociation, asspociation, asslociation, assiciation, ass9ciation, ass0ciation, asspciation, asslciation, assoiciation, asso9ciation, asso0ciation, assopciation, assolciation, assoxciation, assodciation, assofciation, assovciation, asso ciation, assoxiation, assodiation, assofiation, assoviation, asso iation, assocxiation, assocdiation, assocfiation, assocviation, assoc iation, assocuiation, assoc8iation, assoc9iation, assocoiation, assocjiation, assockiation, assocuation, assoc8ation, assoc9ation, assocoation, assocjation, assockation, associuation, associ8ation, associ9ation, associoation, associjation, associkation, associqation, associwation, associsation, assocization, associqtion, associwtion, associstion, associztion, associaqtion, associawtion, associastion, associaztion, associartion, associa5tion, associa6tion, associaytion, associagtion, associarion, associa5ion, associa6ion, associayion, associagion, associatrion, associat5ion, associat6ion, associatyion, associatgion, associatuion, associat8ion, associat9ion, associatoion, associatjion, associatkion, associatuon, associat8on, associat9on, associatoon, associatjon, associatkon, associatiuon, associati8on, associati9on, associatioon, associatijon, associatikon, associatiion, associati9on, associati0on, associatipon, associatilon, associatiin, associati9n, associati0n, associatipn, associatiln, associatioin, associatio9n, associatio0n, associatiopn, associatioln, associatiobn, associatiohn, associatiojn, associatiomn, associatio n, associatiob, associatioh, associatioj, associatiom, associatio , associationb, associationh, associationj, associationm, association .

Other Usage Examples

I'm a hardcore libertarian - I want everything legal - but I also believe that you have the right to free association.

No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant association.

Harvard Medical School, the University of South Florida and the American Psychiatric Association have all conducted studies showing that the earlier one begins gambling, the more likely it is he or she will become an addicted, problem gambler.

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.

I don't blame folks for not wanting to put me in their movies or whatever. I understand if their audiences had an association with me.

Those who say we should dismantle the role of Poet Laureate altogether, the trick they miss is that being called this thing, with the weight of tradition behind it, and with the association of the Royal family, does allow you to have conversations and to open doors, and wallets, for the good of poetry in a way that nothing else would allow.

The feedback that I get from my association with Gomez is heartwarming. It is very difficult for me to take anything but a positive view of the Gomez phenomenon.

Thence results, for science as well as for industry, the necessity of the division and association of labor. I receive and I give - such is human life. Each directs and is directed in his turn.

If we don't get gun-control laws in this country, we are full of beans. To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States is pathetic. And I agree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg: It's time to put up or shut up about gun control for both parties.

Comments


Browse Dictionary