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• the act of consorting with or joining with others

  derivation	associateassociate
  hypernym	social activity
  hyponym	affiliationfraternisationfraternization

• the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

  synonym	connectionconnexion
  derivation	associate
  hypernym	memoryremembering
  hyponym	colligation

• a formal organization of people or groups of people

  derivation	associateassociate
  hypernym	organisationorganization
  hyponym	AARPAmerican Baptist ConventionAmerican LegionASEANAssociation for the Advancement of Retired PersonsAssociation of Southeast Asian Nationschamber of commerceclubconferenceconsortiumcooperativeFabian SocietyfamilyfellowshipganggildguildinstituteleaguelegionlodgemobNational Association of RealtorsNorthern Baptist Conventionorderpackpoolprofessional associationringsecret societysisterhoodsistershipsocial clubsocietySouthern Baptist ConventionsyndicateVeterans of Foreign WarsVFW
  mero member	associatechapter

• (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

  derivation	associate
  domain topic	bionomicsecologyenvironmental science
  hypernym	groupgrouping
  hyponym	antibiosisvegetation unit

• (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding

  domain topic	chemical sciencechemistry
  hypernym	chemical actionchemical changechemical process
  hyponym	hydrationsolvation

• a relation resulting from interaction or dependence

  derivation	associate
  hypernym	relation

• a social or business relationship

  synonym	affiliationtietie-up
  derivation	associate
  hypernym	relationship

• the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination

  antonym	disassociation
  derivation	associate
  hypernym	unificationunion