Tra từ association - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

noun

1. a formal organization of people or groups of people (Freq. 10)
- he joined the Modern Language Association
• Derivationally related forms:
associate
• Hypernyms:
organization, organisation
• Hyponyms:
American Baptist Convention, Northern Baptist Convention, Southern Baptist Convention, cooperative, club,
social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order,
family, fellowship, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW, league,
conference, secret society, consortium, pool, syndicate, professional association,
Fabian Society, gang, pack, ring, mob, legion,
chamber of commerce, institute, sisterhood, sistership, Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons, AARP,
National Association of Realtors, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN
• Member Meronyms:
chapter, associate
2. the act of consorting with or joining with others (Freq. 6)
- you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association
• Derivationally related forms:
associate
• Hypernyms:
social activity
• Hyponyms:
fraternization, fraternisation, affiliation
3. the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination (Freq. 3)
- his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break
• Ant:
disassociation
• Derivationally related forms:
associate
• Hypernyms:
union, unification
4. the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination (Freq. 3)
- conditioning is a form of learning by association
• Syn:
connection, connexion
• Derivationally related forms:
connect (for: connexion), connect (for: connection), associate
• Hypernyms:
memory, remembering
• Hyponyms:
colligation
5. a social or business relationship (Freq. 1)
- a valuable financial affiliation
- he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team
- many close associations with England
• Syn:
affiliation, tie, tie-up
• Derivationally related forms:
tie (for: tie), associate, affiliate (for: affiliation)
• Hypernyms:
relationship
6. 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
• Derivationally related forms:
associate
• Hypernyms:
relation
7. (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
• Topics:
chemistry, chemical science
• Hypernyms:
chemical process, chemical change, chemical action
• Hyponyms:
hydration, solvation
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
• Derivationally related forms:
associate
• Topics:
ecology, bionomics, environmental science
• Hypernyms:
group, grouping
• Hyponyms:
antibiosis