Antonym: enemy, opponent, rival. Similar words: associate, associated, appreciation, renunciation, variation, radiation, negotiation, social. Meaning: [ə‚səʊsɪ'eɪʃn] 
n. 1. a formal organization of people or groups of people 2. the act of consorting with or joining with others 3. the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination 4. a social or business relationship 5. the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination 6. a relation resulting from interaction or dependence 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.
n. 1. a formal organization of people or groups of people 2. the act of consorting with or joining with others 3. the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination 4. a social or business relationship 5. the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination 6. a relation resulting from interaction or dependence 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. 
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181. The heavy package was sent to William Dennison, who had left the trade association almost a year earlier.
182. From ten match reports in 1882 there were twenty-five in 1886 for Association football.
183. Remember, one of the fundamental freedoms is the right of free association.
184. However, Tsuchiya etal have described an association between thymic abnormalities and inflammatory bowel disease.
185. In March 1981 the office-holders of the association decided to invite the newly appointed Ambassador Popov to lunch.
186. The National Basketball Association negotiates TV rights for important games.
187. The chief organiser is Giancarlo Gallino, president of the Piedmontese association of antique dealers.
188. Indeed, from the 1920s, several studies showed an association between spacing and survival of the offspring.
189. Since the national association was formed, 1.5 million people have been referred to Victim Support.
190. The Britannia also runs accounts in association with Chelsea and Ipswich Town.
191. Sesame Street is produced by the Children's Television Workshop in association with PBS.
192. Perhaps this was best articulated in the course of the presidential address to the Association by Sidney Lee in 1918.
193. Douglas made notable advances in archaeological method fully appreciating the value of dating by association within and between grave groups.
194. Several studies have shown the association of reflux oesophagitis with lower oesophageal sphincter dysfunction and impaired oesophageal peristalsis.
195. The long association with Jogis had bred out canine slavishness.
196. The potential mechanisms for development of hyponatremia in association with sodium loss are several.
197. Again, neither involvement nor perceptions of threat has any significant association with the attitudes measured by this factor.
198. The Wimbledon midfield player officially lodged an appeal with the Football Association against his ￡20,000 fine and six-month suspended ban.
199. In this way began the darkest chapter in the cat's long association with mankind.
200. They belonged to every organization, social club, old comrades association, and church for miles around.
201. One waits for an outcry about such abuses from honest attorneys or an investigation by the local bar association.
202. Play Matters is the national toy library association and membership costs ￡17.50 a year for unlimited access to toys!
203. Suh Kyung-won was an activist in the farmers' movement and became president of the Catholic Farmers Association in 1982.
204. In July 1990 a television advertisement by the Cot Death Association advised against placing infants to sleep prone.
205. For children with normal length of gestation there was a positive association between birth weight and lung function.
206. A third consideration draws attention to the association between answers to the Ten Statements Test[sentencedict.com], and another set of factors.
207. For the other families, however, association with the duke can be inferred only from grants made after his accession.
208. The Society has also applied for membership of the Association of Independent Museums.
209. No other significant association between gastrointestinal symptoms and a specific organism was found.
210. She had imagined it was because of her long association with the name Lemarchand, but it was not that.
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