Hyphenation of association

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word association? This word can be hyphenated and contains 5 syllables as shown below.

as-so-ci-a-tion

Definitions of association:

1.	A formal organization of people or groups of people He joined the Modern Language Association
2.	The act of consorting with or joining with others You cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association
3.	The state of being connected together as in memory or imagination His association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break
4.	The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination Conditioning is a form of learning by association
5.	A social or business relationship A valuable financial affiliation He was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team Many close associations with England
6.	A relation resulting from interaction or dependence Flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear The host is not always injured by association with a parasite
7.	(chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
8.	(ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species

Synonyms of association:

noun	organization, organisation
noun	social activity
noun	union, unification
noun	affiliation, tie, tie-up, relationship
noun	connection, connexion, memory, remembering
noun	relation
noun	chemical process, chemical change, chemical action
noun	group, grouping

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Hyphenator

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