Scrabble?! ASSOCIATION

Definitions of ASSOCIATION in various dictionaries:

noun - a formal organization of people or groups of people

noun - the act of consorting with or joining with others

noun - the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination

noun - the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

noun - a social or business relationship

noun - a relation resulting from interaction or dependence

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

noun - (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

The act of associating or the state of being associated.

Abbr.

A mental connection or relation between thoughts, feelings, ideas, or sensations.

A remembered or imagined feeling, emotion, idea, or sensation linked to a person, object, or idea.

Any of various processes of combination, such as hydration, solvation, or complex-ion formation, depending on relatively weak chemical bonding.

A large number of organisms in a specific geographic area constituting a community with one or two dominant species.