Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S: (n) association (a formal organization of people or groups of people) "he joined the Modern Language Association"
S: (n) association (the act of consorting with or joining with others) "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"
S: (n) 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"
S: (n) association, connection, connexion (the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination) "conditioning is a form of learning by association"
S: (n) affiliation, association, tie, tie-up (a social or business relationship) "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England"
S: (n) 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"
S: (n) association ((chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding)
S: (n) 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)