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3 N‑COUNT Your association with a person or a thing such as an organization is the connection that you have with them. □ [+ with ] …the company's six-year association with retailer J.C. Penney Co.

4 N‑COUNT [usu pl] If something has particular associations for you, it is connected in your mind with a particular memory, idea, or feeling. □ [+ for ] He has a shelf full of things, each of which has associations for him.

5 PHRASE If you do something in association with someone else, you do it together. SYNONYMS association NOUN

1

club:…a youth club.

union:…the question of which countries should join the currency union.

society:…the North of England Horticultural Society.

league:…the League of Nations.

coalition:He was opposed by a coalition of civil rights and women's organizations.

3

friendship:She struck up a close friendship with Desiree during rehearsals.

relationship:…the friendly relationship between France and Britain.

link:Kiev hopes to cement close links with Bonn.

tie:Quebec has always had particularly close ties to France.

as|so|cia|tive /əsoʊ ʃət I v, [AM ] -ʃie I t I v/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Associative thoughts are things that you think of because you see, hear, or think of something that reminds you of those things or which you associate with those things. □  The associative guilt was ingrained in his soul.

as|sort|ed /əsɔː ^r t I d/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A group of assorted things is a group of similar things that are of different sizes or colours or have different qualities. □  …swimsuits, sizes 12-18, in assorted colours.

as|sort|ment /əsɔː ^r tmənt/ (assortments ) N‑COUNT An assortment is a group of similar things that are of different sizes or colours or have different qualities. □ [+ of ] …an assortment of cheese.

asst.Asst. is an abbreviation for assistant .

as|suage /əswe I dʒ/ (assuages , assuaging , assuaged )

1 VERB If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly. [LITERARY ] □ [V n] The announcement appeared designed to assuage concerns at home and abroad.

2 VERB If you assuage a need or desire for something, you satisfy it. [LITERARY ] □ [V n] The meat they'd managed to procure assuaged their hunger.

as|sume ◆◆◇ /əsjuː m, [AM ] əsuː m/ (assumes , assuming , assumed )

1 VERB If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly. □ [V that] It is a misconception to assume that the two continents are similar. □ [be V -ed to-inf] If mistakes occurred, they were assumed to be the fault of the commander on the spot. □ [V so ] 'Today?'—'I'd assume so, yeah.'

2 VERB If someone assumes power or responsibility, they take power or responsibility. □ [V n] Mr Cross will assume the role of Chief Executive with a team of four directors.

3 VERB If something assumes a particular quality, it begins to have that quality. □ [V n] In his dreams, the mountains assumed enormous importance.

4 PHRASE You can use let us assume or let's assume when you are considering a possible situation or event, so that you can think about the consequences. □  Let us assume those clubs actually win something. Then players will receive large bonuses. □  Let's assume for a moment that I am a litigant in your court.

5 → see also assuming