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association
the act of consorting with or joining with others
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- Word length
- 11
- Starts with
- A
- Ends with
- N
- Contains
- SSOCIATIO
- Scrabble score
- 13
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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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”
noun
a social or business relationship
“a valuable financial affiliation”
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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you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association
conditioning is a form of learning by association
he joined the Modern Language Association
flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear
the host is not always injured by association with a parasite
a valuable financial affiliation
he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team
many close associations with England
his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break
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