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/əsˌoʊsiˈeɪʃən/ /əsˌoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Association n.

1.

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things. "Some... bond of association." "Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God."

2.

Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing. "Words... must owe their powers association." "Why should... the holiest words, with all their venerable associations, be profaned?"

3.

Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches.

Association of ideas (Physiol.), the combination or connection of states of mind or their objects with one another, as the result of which one is said to be revived or represented by means of the other. The relations according to which they are thus connected or revived are called the law of association. Prominent among them are reckoned the relations of time and place, and of cause and effect.

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"Association" Quotes from Famous Books

... Jennings, "this is the best opportunity you can ever have to improve yourself in every way. Mr. Depaw is a man highly respected all over the country, and a man who is known to be extraordinary in many ways. Association with such a man will do more for you than four years in college, and you will make a mistake if you do not accept his offer. Of course we shall all be sorry to lose you here, but, as Mr. Depaw says, you will have some time for writing, and we hope you will always continue ...

— The Adventures of a Boy Reporter • Harry Steele Morrison

... spoken to her in that way before. She flushed, and her eyes sparkled angrily as he ceased. Her glance did not disconcert him. He stood looking at her—not masterfully, but with the quiet dignity of conviction. It was plain that if their association were to continue, it must be at the price of something more than the scientific, aloof, touch-and-go interest which had hitherto characterized her attitude ...

— Dan Merrithew • Lawrence Perry

... have, with unceasing vigilance, courage, and skill, sustained, in association with gallant and faithful allies, a just and ...

— New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 - Who Began the War, and Why? • Various

... he said, beginning to rearrange his wares busily and without looking up, "that is a young Cavaliere of a very good family from Bari. He studies in the University here, and is the chief, capo, of an association of young ...

— A Set of Six • Joseph Conrad

... which compels the young male to make objectionable imputations against seemly lives and to write rare inelegant words upon clean and decent things burnt almost intolerably within him, and equally powerful now was the gross craving he had acquired for personal association with all that is prominent, all that is successful, all that is of good report. He had found his resultant in the censorious defence of established things. He conducted the British Critic, attacking with a merciless energy all that was new, all that was critical, all those fresh and ...

— The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman • H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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