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association

/əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/noun5 syllables

Association means: a social or business relationship.

Synonyms for association7

noun, as in a social or business relationship

affiliation, tie, tie-up

noun, as in the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

connection, connexion

also used for association

kongsi, ass'n

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Opposites of association

disassociation

What does association mean?8

noun

1

a social or business relationship“a valuable financial affiliation”

2

the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination“conditioning is a form of learning by association”

3

a formal organization of people or groups of people“he joined the Modern Language Association”

4

the act of consorting with or joining with others“you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association”

5

the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination“his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break”

6

a relation resulting from interaction or dependence“flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear”

7

(chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding

8

(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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with association?60

two syllables

stationnation
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All 60 rhymes for association, grouped by syllable

Association in a sentence

  • The director of our neighborhood association is greedy, stingy and two-faced.frpzzd
  • We payed tribute to him, he was once president of the association.tieguy
  • The association is still a far cry from being well organized.RJH
  • The association has excluded amateurs ever since its foundation.unknown
  • I am now a member of the local association of renters.dzouras
  • My association with him did not last long.CM
  • I benefited much from my association with him.unknown
  • Thanks to his initiative this association has been formed.unknown

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Forms of association

as a noun

plural
associations