noun
Meaning 1
The act of associating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
association
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃn̩/
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Received-Pronunciation: /əˌsəʊsiˈeɪʃn̩/
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General-American: /əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/
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General-American: /əˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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CMU ARPABET 2: AH0 S OW2 SH IY0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: object-oriented programming
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A benevolent overseas Chinese organization of popular origin for overseas Chinese individuals with the same surname, geographical origin, location, trade or business.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, countable, uncountable
Qualifier: Chinese Filipino
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: kongsi
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
the act of consorting with or joining with others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: social activity
Narrower terms: fraternization, fraternisation, affiliation
noun
Meaning 8
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- conditioning is a form of learning by association
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: connection, connexion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: memory, remembering
Narrower terms: colligation
noun
Meaning 9
(ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: group, grouping
Narrower terms: antibiosis
noun
Meaning 10
a formal organization of people or groups of people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he joined the Modern Language Association
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organization, organisation
Narrower terms: American Baptist Convention, Northern Baptist Convention, Southern Baptist Convention, cooperative, club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order, family, fellowship, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW, league, conference, secret society, consortium, pool, syndicate, professional association, Fabian Society, gang, pack, ring, mob, legion, chamber of commerce, institute, sisterhood, sistership, Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons, AARP, National Association of Realtors, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN
noun
Meaning 11
(chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical process, chemical change, chemical action
Narrower terms: hydration, solvation
noun
Meaning 12
a relation resulting from interaction or dependence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear
- the host is not always injured by association with a parasite
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: relation
noun
Meaning 13
a social or business relationship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a valuable financial affiliation
- he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team
- many close associations with England
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: affiliation, tie, tie-up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: relationship
noun
Meaning 14
the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: disassociation
Broader terms: union, unification
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sekw- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *sokwéh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokwh2ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokwyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin sociō Latin associō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin associātiōbor. English association From Latin associātiō, from associō (perhaps via French association). Morphologically associate + -ion. The Philippine sense is a calque of Spanish gremio.
Across languages
Translations
201 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: associació — act of associating
- Esperanto: asociigo — act of associating
- Finnish: liittyminen — act of associating
- Finnish: järjestäytyminen — act of associating
- Finnish: yhdistyminen — act of associating
- Finnish: yhtyminen — act of associating
- Finnish: seurustelu — act of associating
- Finnish: yhdessäolo — act of associating
- Finnish: seuranpito — act of associating
- Finnish: liittoutuminen — act of associating
- Finnish: ystävystyminen — act of associating
- Finnish: yhteen liittyminen — act of associating
- Finnish: liittäminen — act of associating
- Finnish: yhdistäminen — act of associating
- Finnish: assosiaatio — act of associating
- Finnish: mielleyhtymä — act of associating
- Galician: asociación — act of associating
- German: Assoziation — act of associating
- German: Verknüpfung — act of associating
- German: Zuordnung — act of associating
- German: Vereinigung — act of associating
- German: Anschliessen — act of associating
- German: Zusammenschliessen — act of associating
- Ancient Greek: συνουσίᾱ (sunousíā) — act of associating
- Hungarian: társítás — act of associating
- Hungarian: asszociáció — act of associating
- Indonesian: asosiasi — act of associating
- Irish: comhthiomsú — act of associating
- Japanese: 連想 (rensō) — act of associating
- Japanese: 関連付け (kanrenzuke) — act of associating
- Latin: consortium — act of associating
- Māori: whakapiringa — act of associating
- Māori: tūhononga — act of associating
- Norwegian Bokmål: assosiasjon — act of associating
- Norwegian Nynorsk: assosiasjon — act of associating
- Polish: współpraca — act of associating
- Polish: skojarzenie — act of associating
- Portuguese: associação — act of associating
- Portuguese: associamento — act of associating
- Romanian: asociere — act of associating
- Russian: объедине́ние (obʺjedinénije) — act of associating
- Russian: соедине́ние (sojedinénije) — act of associating
- Spanish: asociación — act of associating
- Swedish: association — act of associating
- Swedish: koppling — act of associating
- Catalan: associació — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Dutch: associatie — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Dutch: verbinding — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Esperanto: asocio — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Finnish: jäsenyys — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Finnish: järjestyneisyys — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Finnish: järjestäytyneisyys — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Finnish: yhdessäolo — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Finnish: seuranpito — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Finnish: toveruus — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Finnish: kaveruus — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Finnish: kumppanuus — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Finnish: liittolaisuus — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Finnish: ystävyys — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Finnish: yhteys — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Finnish: yhdistyneisyys — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Finnish: yhdistäminen — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Finnish: assosiaatio — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- German: Verbindung — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- German: Vereinigung — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- German: Verknüpfung — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- German: Wechselbeziehung — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- German: Korrelation — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- German: Assoziation — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- German: Konnotation — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Ancient Greek: συνουσίᾱ (sunousíā) — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Hungarian: társítás — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Hungarian: asszociáció — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Indonesian: asosiasi — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Indonesian: hubungan — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Indonesian: pertautan — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Irish: comhchaidreamh — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Māori: pāhonotanga — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Māori: whakapiringa — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Middle English: comunicacioun — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Polish: asocjacja — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Polish: skojarzenie — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Portuguese: associação — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Romanian: asociere — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Romanian: asociație — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Russian: объедине́ние (obʺjedinénije) — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Russian: соедине́ние (sojedinénije) — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Sanskrit: बन्धु (bandhu) — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Spanish: asociación — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Swedish: association — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Swedish: koppling — state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
- Arabic: جَمْعِيَّة (jamʕiyya) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Armenian: ասոցիացիա (asocʻiacʻia) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Belarusian: асацыя́цыя (asacyjácyja) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Belarusian: аб'ядна́нне (abʺjadnánnje) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Belarusian: аб'ядна́ньне (abʺjadnánʹnje) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Belarusian: тавары́ства (tavarýstva) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Bengali: আঞ্জুমান (anjuman) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Bulgarian: асоциа́ция (asociácija) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Bulgarian: дру́жество (drúžestvo) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Catalan: associació — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Chinese Mandarin: 協會 /协会 (xiéhuì) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Ngazidja Comorian: shama — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Czech: sdružení — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Czech: asociace — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Czech: spolek — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Danish: forening — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Dutch: vereniging — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Esperanto: asociiĝo — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Finnish: järjestö — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Finnish: yhdistys — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- French: association — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Georgian: ასოციაცია (asociacia) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- German: Verein — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- German: Verband — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- German: Assoziation — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- German: Vereinigung — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Greek: σύνδεσμος (sýndesmos) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Hausa: ƙungiya — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Hindi: सभा (sabhā) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Hindi: संगठन (saṅgṭhan) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Hungarian: egyesület — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Hungarian: társulat — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Hungarian: szövetség — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Hungarian: egylet — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Hungarian: társulás — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Hungarian: társaság — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Indonesian: persatuan — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Irish: cumann — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Irish: compántas — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Japanese: 協会) (kyōkai) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Kapampangan: aguman — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Kazakh: қауымдастық (qauymdastyq) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Kazakh: ассоциация (assosiasiä) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Korean: 협회 (hyeophoe) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Kyrgyz: ассоциация (assotsiatsiya) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Ladino: asosiasion — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Latin: consortium — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Latin: sodālitās — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Macedonian: асоцијација (asocijacija) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Macedonian: здружение (združenie) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Malay: persatuan — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Maltese: assoċjazzjoni — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Manx: commyn — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Māori: tōpūtanga — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Norwegian Bokmål: forening — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Norwegian Bokmål: lag — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Norwegian Nynorsk: foreining — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Iranian Persian: اَنْجُمَن (anjoman) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Iranian Persian: باشْگاه (bâšgâh) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Polish: związek — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Polish: stowarzyszenie — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Polish: towarzystwo — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Polish: asocjacja — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Portuguese: associação — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Portuguese: organização — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Romanian: asociație — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Russian: ассоциа́ция (associácija) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Russian: объедине́ние (obʺjedinénije) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Russian: сою́з (sojúz) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Russian: соо́бщество (soóbščestvo) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Russian: това́рищество (továriščestvo) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Serbo-Croatian: у̏друга — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Serbo-Croatian: асоција́ција — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Serbo-Croatian: ȕdruga — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Serbo-Croatian: asocijácija — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Slovak: združenie — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Slovak: asociácia — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Slovak: spolok — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Slovene: združenje — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Swedish: förening — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Swedish: sammanslutning — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Swedish: sällskap — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Swedish: förbund — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Swedish: klubb — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Swedish: kår — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Tagalog: kapisanan — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Tagalog: asosasyon — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Tajik: ассотсиатсия (assotsiatsiya) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Tajik: бошгоҳ (bošgoh) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Tajik: ҷамъият (jam'iyat) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Tajik: анҷуман (anjuman) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Turkish: cemiyet — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Turkish: topluluk — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Turkish: birlik — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Turkish: camia — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Ottoman Turkish: جمعیت (cemʼiyet) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Ottoman Turkish: انجمن (encümen) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Ottoman Turkish: محفل (mahfil) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Ukrainian: асоціа́ція (asociácija) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Ukrainian: об'є́днання (obʺjédnannja) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Ukrainian: товари́ство (tovarýstvo) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Ukrainian: спі́лка (spílka) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Urdu: اَنْجُمَنْ (anjuman) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Uyghur: جەمئىيىتى (jem'iyiti) — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Vietnamese: hiệp hội — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Welsh: cymdeithas — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Zazaki: cemiyet — group of persons associated for a common purpose
- Finnish: suhde — OOP
- Finnish: assosiaatio — OOP
- French: association — OOP
Real reading context