Association

English Meaning

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

1. The act of associating or the state of being associated.
2. An organized body of people who have an interest, activity, or purpose in common; a society.
3. A mental connection or relation between thoughts, feelings, ideas, or sensations.
4. A remembered or imagined feeling, emotion, idea, or sensation linked to a person, object, or idea.
5. Chemistry Any of various processes of combination, such as hydration, solvation, or complex-ion formation, depending on relatively weak chemical bonding.
6. Ecology A large number of organisms in a specific geographic area constituting a community with one or two dominant species.