association




a formal organization of people or groups of people

"he joined the Modern Language Association"

Type of:
  • organization; organisation

Types:
  • American Baptist Convention; Northern Baptist Convention
  • Southern Baptist Convention
  • cooperative
  • club; social club; society; guild; gild; lodge; order
  • family; fellowship
  • American Legion
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars; VFW
  • league; conference
  • secret society
  • consortium; pool; syndicate
  • professional association
  • Fabian Society
  • gang; pack; ring; mob
  • legion
  • chamber of commerce
  • institute
  • sisterhood; sistership
  • Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons; AARP
  • National Association of Realtors
  • Association of Southeast Asian Nations; ASEAN

Part of:
  • association


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