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association
has definitions from the fields of chemistry,ecology
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[ noun ] a formal organization of people or groups of people
Examples "he joined the Modern Language Association" Used in print (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)Many industry trade associations are developing campaigns to protect or enhance the share of the consumer 's dollar being spent on their particular products . ([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)Have you considered delegating operational responsibility to your employee association and carefully restricting your plant 's financial contribution ? (Sports Age, 24:9...)The American gun and ammunition producers sponsor a successful promotional program through their industry trade association . (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)Residential associations struggle to insulate themselves against intrusions . Related terms organization league club family gang consortium chamber_of_commerce institute cooperative legion Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Retired_Persons Veterans_of_Foreign_Wars secret_society American_Legion asean professional_association Fabian_Society Southern_Baptist_Convention American_Baptist_Convention associate chapter consort |
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[ noun ] the act of consorting with or joining with others
Examples "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association" Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)An Alabama soldier whose feminine associations were of the more admirable type wrote boastfully of his achievements among the Virginia belles : `` They thout I was a saint . (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)Missionary outreach by friendly contact looks somewhat different when one reflects on what is known about friendly contact in metropolitan neighborhoods ; the majority of such contacts are with people of similar social and economic position ; association by level of achievement is the dominant principle of informal relations . Attention will be given in the next chapter to the style of association in the denominational churches ; this style is characteristically an expression of the communal style of the middle_classes . An understanding of the new role of residential association in an industrial society serves to illuminate the forces which have fashioned the iron_cage of conformity which imprisons the churches in their suburban captivity . (Edward Jablonski, Harold Arlen Happy with the Blues....)Mercer 's Whiteman association brought him into contact with Hoagy_Carmichael , whose `` Snowball '' Mercer relyriced as `` Lazybones '' , in which form it became a hit and marked the real beginning of Mercer 's song writing career . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
Examples "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break" Used in print (Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)The association between electric ( both electrostatic and voltaic ) forces and magnetic_forces had been recognized by investigators for many decades . (Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)It is a lonely , rather desolate region , but full of legendary and historic associations . (Jesse W. Grimes and Wesley Allinsmith, "Compuls...)In_theory , compulsive behavior is a way of diminishing anxiety , and one might expect a negative association except for the possibility that for many children the obsessive-compulsive defenses are not sufficient to quell the amount of anxiety they suffer . |
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[ noun ] a social or business relationship
Synonyms Examples : "a valuable financial affiliation" "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team" "many close associations with England" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
Synonyms Examples "conditioning is a form of learning by association" Used in print (Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)It is a lonely , rather desolate region , but full of legendary and historic associations . A dominant motive is the poet 's longing for his homeland and its boyhood associations : `` Not men folk , but the fields where I would stray , The stones where as a child I used_to play '' . (Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)In the calm which follows the reading of a poem , for_example , is the effect produced by the enforced quiet , by the musical quality of words and rhythm , by the sentiments or sense of the poem , by the associations with earlier readings , if it is familiar , by the boost to the self-esteem for the semi-literate , by the diversion of attention , by the sense of security in a legitimized withdrawal , by a kind license for some variety of fantasy_life regarded_as forbidden , or by half conscious ideas about the magical_power of words ? Related terms |
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[ noun ] a relation resulting from interaction or dependence
Examples "flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear" "the host is not always injured by association with a parasite" Related terms |
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[ 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
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[ noun ] (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
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