association
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association
- /əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃn̩/ UK
- /əˌsəʊsiˈeɪʃn̩/ UK
- /əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/ US
- /əˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/ US
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Latin associātiō, from associō (perhaps via French association). Morphologically associate + -ion.
The Philippine sense is a calque of Spanish gremio.
noun associations
- The act of associating. And it is a characteristic of man that he alone has any sense of good and evil, of just and unjust, and the like, and the association of living beings who have this sense makes a family and a state.
- The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something. "Well," exclaimed Lady Marchmont, breathing the perfume with which a honeysuckle, wound around an old ash, filled the air, "I do confess that I like common flowers better than any. The hothouse plant has no associations."
- Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).
- A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
- Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.
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A benevolent overseas Chinese organization of popular origin for overseas Chinese individuals with the same surname, geographical origin, location, trade or business.
Similar: kongsi
Similar: connection, ass'n
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: affiliation, connection, connexion, tie-up, tie, associated, associative, collaborative, concert, collaboration, cooperation, co-operation, relation, associate, relationship, accession
noun
Similar: connection, ass'n
Translations
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noun OOP
| Français | association |
|---|
noun act of associating
| Español | asociación |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 連想 rensō, 関連付け kanrenzuke |
| Português | associação, associamento |
| Deutsch | Assoziation, Verknüpfung, Zuordnung, Vereinigung, Anschliessen, Zusammenschliessen |
| Română | asociere |
| Русский | объедине́ние obʺjedinénije, соедине́ние sojedinénije |
noun state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
| Español | asociación |
|---|---|
| Português | associação |
| Deutsch | Verbindung, Vereinigung, Verknüpfung, Wechselbeziehung, Korrelation, Assoziation |
| Română | asociere, asociație |
| Русский | объедине́ние obʺjedinénije, соедине́ние sojedinénije |
noun group of persons associated for a common purpose
| 한국어 | 협회 hyeophoe |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 協会) kyōkai |
| 中文 | 協會 /协会 xiéhuì |
| हिन्दी | सभा sabhā, संगठन saṅgṭhan |
| Português | associação, organização |
| Français | association |
| Deutsch | Verein, Verband, Assoziation, Vereinigung |
| Ελληνικά | σύνδεσμος sýndesmos |
| Română | asociație |
| Русский | ассоциа́ция associácija, объедине́ние obʺjedinénije, сою́з sojúz, соо́бщество soóbščestvo, това́рищество továriščestvo |
| Tiếng Việt | hiệp hội |
| العربية | جَمْعِيَّة jamʕiyya |
Talk about this word "association." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/association. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. association. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/association "association." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/association.Cite this
@misc{association_2026,
title = {association},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/association},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
