association
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition a formal organization of people or groups of people
- definition the act of consorting with or joining with others
- definition the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
- definition the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
- definition a social or business relationship
- definition a relation resulting from interaction or dependence
- definition (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
- definition (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