association : Idioms & Phrases

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association area

  • noun cortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of information
    association area.
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association cortex

  • noun cortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of information
    association area.
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association football

  • noun a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal
    soccer.
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association for the advancement of retired persons

  • noun an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens
    AARP.
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Association of ideas

  • (Physiol.), the combination or connection of states of mind or their objects with one another, as the result of which one is said to be revived or represented by means of the other. The relations according to which they are thus connected or revived are called the law of association. Prominent among them are reckoned the relations of time and place, and of cause and effect.
Webster 1913

association of islamic groups and communities

  • noun a Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany; seeks the violent overthrow of the Turkish government and the establishment of an Islamic nation modeled on Iran
    Kaplan Group; Caliphate State.
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association of orangemen

  • noun a Protestant political organization in Northern Ireland
    Orange Order.
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association of southeast asian nations

  • noun an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism
    ASEAN.
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association theory

  • noun (psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity
    associationism.
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federal national mortgage association

  • noun a federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages
    Fannie Mae; FNMA.
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free association

  • noun a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence
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guilt by association

  • noun the attribution of guilt (without proof) to individuals because the people they associate with are guilty
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international association of lions clubs

  • noun club dedicated to promoting responsible citizenship and good government and community and national and international welfare
    Lions Club.
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international development association

  • noun an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank
    IDA.
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national association of realtors

  • noun a United States association of real estate agents which follows a strict code of ethics
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national association of securities dealers automated quotations

  • noun a computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter
    NASDAQ.
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national rifle association

  • noun a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
    NRA.
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national volunteers association

  • noun an all-male organization begun in 1925 to foster nationalism in India's Hindus
    Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
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press association

  • noun an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically
    press agency; wire service; news organization; news agency; news organisation.
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professional association

  • noun an association of practitioners of a given profession
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savings and loan association

  • noun a thrift institution that is required by law to make a certain percentage of its loans as home mortgages
    savings and loan.
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ulster defence association

  • noun the major Protestant paramilitary group in Northern Ireland; responsible for bombing the homes of Catholics and for criminal racketeering and selling drugs
    UDA.
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world tamil association

  • noun a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel
    Tigers; LTTE; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; Tamil Tigers; World Tamil Movement.
    • the Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war
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