Association
[əsəʊsɪ'eɪʃ(ə)n;-ʃɪ-] or [ə,soʃɪ'eʃən]
Definition
(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'.
Checked by Dolores--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Typist: Loretta
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Union, connection, conjunction, combination.[2]. Society, fraternity, partnership, copartnership, sodality, company, band, corporation, body, guild, firm, house, confederacy, confederation, LODGE, club, COTERIE, CLIQUE, joint concern.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Union, connection, conjunction, contortment, companionship, alliance,familiarity, community, membership, society, company, denomination,partnership, fellowship, fraternity, friendship
ANT:Disunion, disconnection, estrangement, separation, severance, independence,avoidance, disruption, dismemberment, solitude, individuality
Checked by Jeannette
Examples
- Sir John Herschel, in an address before the British Association on September 10, said that the year past had given prospect of a new planet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Its first public exhibition was about the latter part of January, 1878, before the Polytechnic Association of the American Institute, at New York. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Such links of sentiment and association were of little avail against the intense separatism of the Greek political institutions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Louis XIV set up an academy of sciences in rivalry with the English Royal Society of Charles II and the similar association at Florence. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Peace being concluded, and the association business therefore at an end, I turned my thoughts again to the affair of establishing an academy. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- And it is impossible to tell when the habit thus strengthened may have a direct and perceptible influence on our association with others. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I had some association with it, that struck upon my heart directly; but I was thinking of anything else when it came upon me, and was confused. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- For these out of association grows adhesion, and out of adhesionamalgamation. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The events in question occurred in the early days of my association with Holmes, when we were sharing rooms as bachelors in Baker Street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The figurative association was mistaken for a real one; and thus the three latter divisions of the Platonic proportion were constructed. Plato. The Republic.
- There might still remain in her mind a changed association with him which made an irremediable difference--a lasting flaw. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- We state these considerations here merely as suggestions that have been made of the way in which the association of seedtime and sacrifice arose. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The remembrance roused a whole train of association, and she lay in the darkness reconstructing the past out of which her present had grown. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- You might show her what violence would be done in such association to her duties and principles, and you might preserve her for a better fate. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Association does not create impulses or affection and dislike, but it furnishes the objects to which they attach themselves. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- For unions and trusts, sects, clubs and voluntary associations stand for actual needs. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Nomadism cuts men off from fixed temples and intense local associations; they take a broader and simpler view of the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Some intense associations of a most distressing nature were vividly recalled, I think. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Many of the cardinals were of French origin, and their habits and associations were rooted deep at Avignon. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A name trails behind it an army of associations. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- All sad feelings seemed now driven from the house, all gloomy associations forgotten: there was life everywhere, movement all day long. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In its history from the first, and in its tremendous associations, it is the most illustrious edifice in Christendom. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Its history and its associations are its chiefest charm, in any eyes, and the spells they weave are feeble in the searching light of the sun. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But its influence was greater in destruction of old falsities than in the construction of new ties and associations among men. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- When they came within the influence of Sotherton associations, it was better for Miss Bertram, who might be said to have two strings to her bow. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- From the haughty and unbending nature of the Countess of Windsor, Idris had few tender filial associations with her. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- If such objects could not be produced, ideas were explained as the result of false associations and combinations. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Associations thus awakened, opened floodgates of sorrow. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A beautiful neighbourhood, and full of the most interesting associations. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The truth is, I have associations with these modest little hedgeside flowers--It doesn't matter; we were speaking of Mr. Candy. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Typist: Remington