Dictionary entry details
• ASSOCIATION (noun)
Meaning:
A formal organization of people or groups of people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
he joined the Modern Language Association
Hypernyms ("association" is a kind of...):
organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)
Meronyms (members of "association"):
associate (a person who joins with others in some activity)
chapter (a local branch of some fraternity or association)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "association"):
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)
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)
professional association (an association of practitioners of a given profession)
consortium; pool; syndicate (an association of companies for some definite purpose)
secret society (a society that conceals its activities from nonmembers)
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)
Meaning:
The act of consorting with or joining with others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association
Hypernyms ("association" is a kind of...):
social activity (activity considered appropriate on social occasions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "association"):
fraternisation; fraternization (associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way; especially with an enemy)
affiliation (the act of becoming formally connected or joined)
Meaning:
The state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break
Hypernyms ("association" is a kind of...):
unification; union (the state of being joined or united or linked)
Antonym:
disassociation (the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination)
Meaning:
A social or business relationship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
affiliation; tie-up; tie; association
Context 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
Hypernyms ("association" is a kind of...):
relationship (a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries)
Meaning:
The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
connexion; association; connection
Context example:
conditioning is a form of learning by association
Hypernyms ("association" is a kind of...):
memory; remembering (the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "association"):
colligation (the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis)
Meaning:
A relation resulting from interaction or dependence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Context examples:
flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear / the host is not always injured by association with a parasite
Hypernyms ("association" is a kind of...):
relation (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)
Meaning:
(chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("association" is a kind of...):
chemical action; chemical change; chemical process ((chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "association"):
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)
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("association" is a kind of...):
group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
Domain category:
bionomics; ecology; environmental science (the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "association"):
antibiosis (an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another)
