weak association

collocation in English

meaningsofweakandassociation

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weak
adjective
uk
/wiːk/us
/wiːk/
not ...
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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 ofweakandassociationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofweak association

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This suggests aweakassociationbetween resistance to these stresses.
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There is aweakassociationbetween increasing age and fatigue and physical functioning.
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Our study provides evidence of aweakassociationbetween degree of dependency and patients' perception.
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Thisweakassociationhas precluded atomic resolution structural studies up to this point.
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Neither relationship was mediated by self-esteem, although there was aweakassociationof lower self-esteem with greater depression and better insight.
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As a result, size distributions had only a veryweakassociationwith rates of population change when analysed across a broad spatial scale.
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There is a veryweakassociationbetween the children and caregivers, largely because of the two children (4-year-olds) at bottom left.
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The absence of an association with physical functioning and theweakassociationwith mental functioning suggest that losing a spouse has an independent effect on memory functioning.
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General religiosity has aweakassociationwith low openness.
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Complex causes of autoimmune diseases often demonstrates onlyweakassociationwith celiac disease.
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