assoc.
noun
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A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner.
Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
A companion; a comrade.
One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
noun
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The act of associating.
The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.
Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).
A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.