Definitions
1.nounThe act of associating.
2.nounThe state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.
3.nounAny relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).
4.nounA group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
5.nounRelationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.