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association
Noun
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An association is a way that two things are similar, belong together, or are connected or related.
I don't see any association between what happened to you and what happened to me.
I suspect there is an association between the weather and the number who are sick.
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An association is a group of people who have a common goal or interest.
The NBA stands for the "National Basketball Association."
I have been a member of the American Psychological Association and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
All the teachers were at an association meeting.
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Association is the when you associate (spend time with certain people).
I'm afraid your association with those wild people will get you in trouble.
for
Preposition
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shows that something belongs to something else, or has a specific function
This cake is for you.
This is a net for catching fish.
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For is used to show the reason for something
He was angry, for he had never been called such terrible names before.
for
Subordinator
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For introduces a clause with a subject and a to-infinitive
It's not good for you to be too relaxed.
progressive
Adjective
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Something that is progressive has to do with progress.
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In politics, someone who is progressive wants to make things better through new laws and methods.
It's a victory for feminism and progressive politics.
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A progressive tax is a tax that makes the rich pay a much higher amount of their money than the poor.
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The progressive aspect is made with a form of the verb "be" and a verb with an "-ing" at the end.
The present progressive of "I go" is "I am going" and the past progressive of "I walk" is "I was walking".
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If a disease is progressive, it begins slowly and gets worse over time.
communications
Noun
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Communications is the science of communicating.