association (n.)a formal organization of people or groups of people;
association (n.)the act of consorting with or joining with others;
you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association
association (n.)the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination;
his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break
association (n.)the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination;
conditioning is a form of learning by association
association (n.)a social or business relationship;
many close associations with England
association (n.)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
association (n.)(chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding;
association (n.)(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;
