(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.) the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination; 'his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break'.
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