close association
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcloseandassociation
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close
adjective
uk/kləʊs/us/kloʊs/
having direct family connections or shared beliefs, support, ...
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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 ofcloseandassociationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofclose association
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A whole literature on "sensory isolation" supports thiscloseassociation.
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The final objection to acloseassociationis epistemological.
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Cyanobacterial cells (black) showcloseassociationwith new crystals.
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The inscriptions also emphasize thiscloseassociationwith royalty.
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Again a strong andcloseassociationwas observed.
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This demonstrates thecloseassociationbetween early prenatal loss, defective embryogenesis and chromosome abnormalities.
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The tegumental syncytium remains incloseassociationwith the basal lamina (bl).
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One significant feature of this catechism is thecloseassociationit makes between friendship and trust.
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This approach also assumes a reasonablycloseassociationbetween the two measures.
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These connotations were emphasised through thecloseassociationof officeholding with marriage.
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In the latter study nocloseassociationbetween giant cell arteritis and thyroid dysfunction was observed.
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Clearly, there is acloseassociationbetween length and number of eggs in the uterus.
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The glauconite is often seen incloseassociationwith crystals of sedimentary pyrite.
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The droplets were found incloseassociationwith the excretory concretions.
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Because of theircloseassociationwith analysis, music theorists bore the brunt of the 'formalist' label.
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In the current study, several methodological factors may have contributed to thecloseassociationbetween articulation and nonword repetition tasks.
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Like many field studies carried out incloseassociationwith an action programme, there is no control group of villages.
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A defining characteristic of these systems of economic citizenship was theircloseassociation, even inherent link, to the nation state.
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If there is acloseassociationbetween them, the two passions tend to combine and cancel one another out.
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I conclude this paper with arguably the most persuasive argument for acloseassociationbetween disability and later life.
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In that way we couldn't say that the village would be shaped/developed as there was nocloseassociation, truthfully.
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Despite thecloseassociationof certain constellations of cardiac disease with splenic status, however, the association is not perfect.
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We find that all subjects show acloseassociationbetween their peripherally invariant hues and their unique hues.
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Moreover, the wormiest fish are usually found incloseassociationwith seals and probably serve to re-infect them.
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