association

Definition

Examples

She is a member of the national hotel association.

Word Family

Synonyms

• organizationa group of people who work together
• societyan extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
• partnershipthe members of a business venture created by contract

Collocations

• Easy football association
  describing football association (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
• Medium trade association membership
  to trade association membership, meaning to engage in the trade of
• Hard close association between smoking and disease
  to shut down or conclude regarding association between smoking and disease
• Very Hard guilty by association in public opinion
  describing guilty by association in public opinion (responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act)