local association

collocation in English

meaningsoflocalandassociation

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local
adjective
uk
/ˈləʊ.kəl/
us
/ˈloʊ.kəl/
from, existing in, serving, or responsible for a small area, especially of ...
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association
noun
uk
/əˌsəʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
us
/əˌsoʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
a group of people who work together in a single organization for a ...
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(Definition oflocalandassociationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflocal association

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The director of thelocalassociationspeaks of competition between companies from the two regions, who recognize similar qualities in each other.
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Through participation, members gain political efficacy which encourages further involvement in thelocalassociation, and they build networks of trust, reciprocity and accountability.
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It is thislocalassociationthat matters.
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I will now benefit from thatlocalassociation.
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Is it an official estimate from thelocalassociation?
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Additionally, little temporal consistency in the spatial patterns oflocalassociationbetween individual years is apparent within the plots, although certain islands of spatial heterogeneity may be identified.
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Very often thelocalassociationhas little option in the matter.
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I understand the argument aboutlocalassociationand the local touch.
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But do not let us run thelocalassociationargument too far.
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It is merely pulling in thelocalassociationfor window dressing.
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The same principle applies to local authority houses and tolocalassociationhouses.
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It is a matter of scale, size of the service andlocalassociation.
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In short, they stressed too much the question of numbers and not sufficiently the question oflocalassociation.
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He then has to send it on to thelocalassociation, which keeps a completely duplicate set of books.
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It may be that there is some local preservation society, or that there is alocalassociationof architects.
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The cost of making this census by thelocalassociationworked out at a penny per horse.
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He told us what hislocalassociationwas doing to ensure that the public houses were nationalised.
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I have the privilege, also, of being the president of ourlocalassociationwhich cares for the blind.
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In the case of maternity homes conducted on these lines there is no such thing as alocalassociation.
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I know that in my ownlocalassociationthe great majority of the men and women users are civilians.
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He was given few thanks by hislocalassociationwhen it deselected him because of the adverse media coverage.
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This split divided thelocalassociation.
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Instead, eachlocalassociationwas to act on its own.
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I hope that it means in connection with the purposes, and does not imply any necessarylocalassociationwith the place of public religious worship.
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Take, for example, the restrictive practice of cutting off flour supplies from bakers who sold bread below the price nominated by thelocalassociation.
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