association
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3.9
- noun
- /əˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/
- Specialized
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asociación
- Her strong association of the smell of pine with her childhood visits to the forest brought back vivid memories.
- strong association
- lexicon-syntax association
You know that also pins a whole lot of associations on some group.
- You know that also pins a whole lot of associations on some group.
- So you're quicker to make these associations now with AI.
- One of the things it does is it finds remote associations between ideas.
- So it's just letting it, those associations happen as the story asks for them.
- It is based on the logic of association in our minds.
- They're dealing with people who, like me, have mixed associations with the idea.
- The black press celebrated anything that troubled the association of black men as rapists.
- So, So then I as a joke, I called it the dreaded association exercise.
- See, visual cues now can also lead to associations with money.
- But we also know that one can uncouple associations.
- Creativity is the ability to generate ideas, to make associations to, you know, build structures.
- That was their speech and their free, free association.
Examples
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A tone becomes musical material only by association with another tone.
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I made a mental association with my lamp.
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And the point here is the association of color.
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Question of the day, word association, I say, Ireland, you say.
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Now I know that simple link of association is old school, but it's brilliant.
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Now for our first exercise... we're going to start a word association game.
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We are not certain what may explain this association, but it does warrant further investigation.
Academic text (2012) -
One of the things it does is it finds remote associations between ideas.
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The literature shows mixed results on the associations between sleep duration and academic performance.
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So about implicit associations, they're really hard to change.
Synonyms
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1.9
A relationship between people, things, ideas, or events
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4.6
A connection between two things where one changes when the other changes
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3.9
A connection between things, for example air pollution and disease
A link in the mind between ideas, memories, or events
Antonyms
- Specialized
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8.4
A mental state where part of a person's memory or feelings feels separate
Idioms
People treat you as bad because you are connected to someone who did wrong
Compounds
An American group that supports people's right to own guns and opposes many gun laws
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7.0
Blaming someone for bad acts because they are friends with guilty people, without proof
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3.6
An organization of people with the same job who support each other's work
A group of Southeast Asian countries that work together on trade, politics, and security
- Specialized
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6.8
A way of saying the first thought that comes to your mind to find hidden feelings
- Specialized
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3.6
A bank that takes savings and lends money to help people buy houses
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8.0
Part of the brain's outer layer that joins information from different senses and helps thinking
- Literature
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3.9
An organization that gathers and sends news to newspapers and other media
An American organization that helps older people by giving advice and speaking for them
A Turkish armed group linked to al-Qaeda seeks to violently replace Turkey's government with an Islamic state like Iran
An organization of Protestants in Northern Ireland that supports staying part of the United Kingdom and holds public parades
- Specialized
Parts of the brain that help you think, plan, and understand information
A team sport where two teams of eleven kick a ball into the other team's goal
A US company created by the government that buys and guarantees home loans to help the mortgage market
- Specialized
A group of minerals that are often found together in the same rock
A worldwide group of volunteers who help communities with projects like eye tests and local services
Part of the World Bank that gives low-interest loans and grants to the poorest countries
A computer system that gives brokers live price quotes for stocks traded outside major exchanges
An illegal Protestant loyalist armed group in Northern Ireland that fought during the Troubles and attacked Catholic civilians
How Related
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Association comes from Latin socius ('companion' or 'friend'), giving the idea of things being 'joined' together, just like in associate. So an association in the mind is when ideas or memories become linked.