n.
group, association
1) to establish, found, set up a ~
2) to disband, dissolve a ~
3) a burial; historical; honor; humane; learned; literary; medical; musical; secret ~
4) a friendly ( BE ), mutual-aid ( AE ) ~
5) a building ~ ( BE ; AE has building and loan association )
community
6) to polarize; unite a ~
7) an advanced; affluent; civilized; closed; open; pluralistic; primitive ~
class
8) high; polite ~
9) in ~ (such words are not used in polite ~)