major association

collocation in English

meaningsofmajorandassociation

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major
adjective
uk
/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us
/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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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 ofmajorandassociationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Left hemisphere dissected to revealmajorassociationtracts including those implicated in the social brain.
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The study states that the data suggests that parental separation itself has amajorassociationwith difficulties for children.
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They hurriedly called a meeting of the secretaries of the five major associations to consider the attitude to be taken towards it.
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The guidance particularly covers the issues of room size, lifts, baths and shared rooms and has been welcomed by the major associations representing care homes.
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It has the support of the major associations, the metropolitian authorities, the district councils and county councils and the sea and airport authorities.
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I have already had discussions with the major associations of independent schools who have assured me of their willing cooperation.
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Even the problem of charges and access conditions are, in my view, better solved by a regulatory authority than in voluntary agreements between major associations.
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I know that the three major associations of the chemical industry were not approached at that time.
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All three major associations of councils opposed the system, but we now have to live with it.
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