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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alliance, association |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, bloc, cabal, cahoots, camarilla, cartel, circle, clique, club, coadunation, coalition, combine, compound, confederacy, confederation, conjunction, connection, consolidation, consortium, conspiracy, coterie, faction, federation, gang, guild, hookup, mafia, melding, mergence, merger, merging, partnership, party, pool, ring, set, syndicate, tie-up, trust, unification, union |
| Antonyms: | dissolution, disunion, separation, severance |
| Main Entry: | conjunction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combination |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, agreement, alliance, association, cahoots, coincidence, concomitance, concurrence, congruency, conjointment, hookup, juxtaposition, parallelism, partnership, tie-up, union |
| Notes: | a conjunction is a word that connects: a coordinating conjunction connects similar elements (you and I), while a correlative conjunction has related parts (either/or) |
| Antonyms: | detachment, disconnection, division, separation |
| Main Entry: | connection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that connects, links |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, association, attachment, bond, combination, conjointment, conjunction, coupling, fastening, hookup, joining, joint, junction, juncture, link, linkage, network, partnerhip, seam, tie, tie-in, tie-up, union |
| Antonyms: | disconnection |
| Main Entry: | consanguinity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family relationship |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, affinity, agnate, blood-relationship, brotherhood, cognate, connection, family tie, filiation, kin, kindred, kindredship, kinship, lineage, race, sisterhood, strain |
| Notes: | an affinity is a relationship by marriage and consanguinity is a blood relationship |
| Main Entry: | fraternity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brotherhood |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, camaraderie, club, fellowship, frat, guild, house, kinship, order, sisterhood, society, sorority |
| Antonyms: | sisterhood, sorority |
| Main Entry: | match |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | couple |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, combination, duet, espousal, marriage, mating, pair, pairing, partnership, union |
| Antonyms: | mismatch |
| Main Entry: | organization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group bound by interest/work/ goal |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, aggregation, alliance, association, band, body, business, cartel, circle, clique, club, coalition, combination, combine, company, concern, concord, confederation, consortium, cooperative, corporation, coterie, crew, establishment, federation, fraternity, guild, house, industry, institute, institution, league, lodge, machine, monopoly, order, outfit, party, profession, set, society, sodality, sorority, squad, syndicate, team, trade, troupe, trust, union |
| Main Entry: | partnership |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alliance; participation |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, assistance, association, band, body, brotherhood, business, cahoots, cartel, chumminess, clique, club, combination, combine, community, companionship, company, conglomerate, conjunction, connection, consociation, cooperation, cooperative, corporation, coterie, crew, faction, firm, fraternity, friendship, gang, help, hookup, house, interest, joining, lodge, mob, organization, ownership, party, ring, sharing, sisterhood, society, sorority, tie-up, togetherness, union |
| Notes: | a corporation is the name used in the United States for a business association established by one or more people who later sell shares in the corporation to investors; in a partnership, there are one or more owners who share jointly in the profits, liability |
| Main Entry: | relation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | connection, family connection |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, affinity, alliance, association, consanguinity, kin, kindred, kinship, kinsperson, liaison, propinquity, relationship, relative, sibling, similarity |
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