association

club

Organization with membership

• guildProfessional mutual-aid society
• leagueAssociation or distance unit
• federationUnion of semi-autonomous states

consortium · syndicate · coalition · alliance · union · fraternity · sorority · chamber · institute · brotherhood

link

Point of connection

• bondBinding tie or connection
• tieEqual score, or neckwear
• relationshipConnection between entities

correlation · interconnection · nexus · interplay · coupling · junction · bridge · entanglement · intersection · mesh

partnership

Shared business arrangement

• affiliationFormal organizational connection
• collaborationJoint intellectual work
• cooperationJoint action toward shared aims

alliance · friendship · bond · rapport · kinship · camaraderie · solidarity · fellowship · companionship · comradeship

correlation

Statistical relationship measure

• causationProduction of effects
• regressionReturn to former state
• covarianceJoint deviation measure

variable · dependence · Pearson · significance · sampling · inference · coefficient · relationship · multivariate · bivariate

liking

Positive inclination toward

• preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
• inclinationDisposition toward something
• fondnessWarm liking or affection

attraction · sympathy · empathy · penchant · proclivity · partiality · chemistry · harmony · congeniality · understanding

memory

Mind's retention capacity

• recallMemory retrieval act
• thoughtMental concept or reflection
• ideaMental formation

connotation · evocation · suggestion · reminiscence · trigger · cue · prompt · stimulus · imagery · flashback

• organizationsorganization, organizations, company, companies, club
• social groupsdemographic groups, community, clan, ethnic groups, age groups
• memorizationrote learning, cramming, mnemonics, rehearsal, by heart
• organizationteam, group, company, department, club
• academic bodiesacademy, institute, college, university, consortium
• Arts Groupsarts council, art league, guild, collective, cooperative