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association - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association" |
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organisation,
organization the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient"
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american baptist convention,
northern baptist convention an association of Northern Baptists
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southern baptist convention an association of Southern Baptists
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cooperative a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners
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gild,
guild,
social club,
society,
lodge,
club,
order an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
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fellowship,
family money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research
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chapter a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep"
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american legion the largest organization of United States war veterans
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veterans of foreign wars,
vfw an organization of United States war veterans
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conference,
league a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic
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secret society a society that conceals its activities from nonmembers
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consortium,
syndicate,
pool an association of companies for some definite purpose
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professional association an association of practitioners of a given profession
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fabian society an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism
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mob,
gang,
pack,
ring a disorderly crowd of people
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legion a large military unit; "the French Foreign Legion"
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chamber of commerce an association of businessmen to protect and promote business interests
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institute an association organized to promote art or science or education
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sistership,
sisterhood a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)
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aarp,
association for the advancement of retir an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens
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national association of realtors a United States association of real estate agents which follows a strict code of ethics
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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
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associate any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"
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association - the act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association" |
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social activity activity considered appropriate on social occasions
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fraternisation,
fraternization associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way; especially with an enemy
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affiliation the act of becoming formally connected or joined; "welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university"
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association - the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association" |
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connection,
connexion |
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remembering,
memory an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
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colligation the connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis
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association - (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 |
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group,
grouping any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
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bionomics,
environmental science,
ecology the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
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antibiosis an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another
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association - (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding |
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chemical action,
chemical change,
chemical process (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved
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chemical science,
chemistry the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
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hydration the process of combining with water; usually reversible
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solvation a chemical process in which solvent molecules and molecules or ions of the solute combine to form a compound
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association - 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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disassociation the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination; "I could not think of him in disassociation from his wife"
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unification,
union the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"
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association - 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" |
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relation an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
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