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assistance
Noun
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If you give someone or something assistance, you give help or support.
The company may also provide financial assistance to single mothers.
assistant
Noun
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An assistant is a person who helps (or assists) another person.
The doctor's assistant held his tools.
assistant
Adjective
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If you are assistant, you have a position under someone.
The assistant guard was in training to become a full guard.
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.