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association en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/əˌsəʊsiˈeɪʃn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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/əˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/ (General-American)
/əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/ (General-American)
/əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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.

Meanings

(uncountable) 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. 1970, Aristotle, translated by Benjamin Jowett, Politics, page I.2,1253a15-20:
(countable) 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." 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Fête at Sir Robert Walpole’s Continued”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 39:
- Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept? 2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2015, page 164:
(countable, uncountable) Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).
(countable, uncountable) A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
(countable, qualifier:object-oriented programming, uncountable) Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.
(Philippines, countable, qualifier:Chinese Filipino, uncountable) A benevolent overseas Chinese organization of popular origin for overseas Chinese individuals with the same surname, geographical origin, location, trade or business.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
associations	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

alumni association · subassociation · phytoassociation · damn by association · guilt by association · association list · riding association · bisociation · association copy · disassociation · anociassociation · prosecution association · preassociation · mis-association · parent-teacher association · file association · memorandum of association · klang association · magnetoassociation · bioassociation · trisociation · monoassociation · homeowner association · robust association of massive baryonic objects · employers' association · associationism · articles of association · CHARGE association · parent-teacher-student association · photoassociation · association of ideas · amateur press association · autoassociation · bar association · word association · nonassociation · association time · misassociation · associationist · heteroassociation · guarantee association · interassociation · savings and loan association · free association · freedom of association · antiassociation · association fallacy · association link · free clothes association · ichnoassociation · coassociation · homeowners' association · trade association · malassociation · homeowner's association · AADAOPA · association football · reassociation

union · coalition · associate · guild · clan · league · associational · alliance

Synonyms

connection · ass'n · kongsi

Translations (204)

fi seurustelu (act of associating) · fi yhdessäolo (act of associating) · ja 関連付け (act of associating) · el σύνδεσμος (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · ga comhchaidreamh (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · hu szövetség (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · pl skojarzenie (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · hy ասոցիացիա (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · cs asociace (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · pl stowarzyszenie (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · bg дру́жество (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · cs sdružení (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · ky ассоциация (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · ja 連想 (act of associating) · th สมาคม (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · nl vereniging (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · sv association (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · fi järjestäytyneisyys (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · bg асоциа́ция (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · ro asociere (act of associating) · hu társítás (act of associating) · nb forening (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · pt associação (act of associating) · mi pāhonotanga (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · tl asosasyon (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · tg ҷамъият (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · nl associatie (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · fi assosiaatio (OOP) · ru объедине́ние (act of associating) · ru объедине́ние (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · uk товари́ство (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · mt assoċjazzjoni (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · tg ассотсиатсия (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · lad asosiasion (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · tr cemiyet (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · fa-ira باشْگاه (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · pl towarzystwo (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · de Verbindung (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · de Wechselbeziehung (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · ru объедине́ние (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · hu asszociáció (act of associating) · ru сою́з (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · fi assosiaatio (act of associating) · eo asocio (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · ro asociație (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · pl asocjacja (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · sv klubb (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · hi सभा (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · sk združenie (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · sv sällskap (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · fi yhdistyneisyys (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · eo asociiĝo (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · pl asocjacja (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · fi yhtyminen (act of associating) · pl współpraca (act of associating) · fi yhdistäminen (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · mi whakapiringa (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · gl asociación (act of associating) · hu egylet (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · fi järjestäytyminen (act of associating) · tl kapisanan (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · id asosiasi (act of associating) · ro asociație (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · sv kår (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · de Konnotation (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · de Verband (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · sv förening (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · hu egyesület (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · eo asociigo (act of associating) · zza cemiyet (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · fi assosiaatio (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · nl verbinding (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · ota محفل (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · de Assoziation (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · fi mielleyhtymä (act of associating) · kk бірлестік (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · fi kumppanuus (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · de Verein (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · fi yhdessäolo (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · fi seuranpito (act of associating) · ca associació (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · hu társaság (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · ja 協会) (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · ro asociere (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · da forening (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · sh асоција́ција (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · fi järjestö (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · lo ສະມາຄົມ (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · tg бошгоҳ (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · es asociación (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · pam aguman (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · grc συνουσίᾱ (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · fi liittoutuminen (act of associating) · fi yhteen liittyminen (act of associating) · fi yhdistäminen (act of associating) · ka ასოციაცია (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · de Assoziation (act of associating) · fi toveruus (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · hu társítás (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · sv förbund (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · tg анҷуман (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · ca associació (act of associating) · de Verknüpfung (act of associating) · la consortium (act of associating) · tr camia (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · be тавары́ства (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · mi tōpūtanga (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · fi kaveruus (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · tr topluluk (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · nb assosiasjon (act of associating) · ru това́рищество (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · de Vereinigung (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · sl združenje (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · pt associação (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · gv commyn (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · hu társulás (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · ga cumann (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · de Anschliessen (act of associating) · id asosiasi (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · cs spolek (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · de Zusammenschliessen (act of associating) · be аб'ядна́нне (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · ga comhthiomsú (act of associating) · de Zuordnung (act of associating) · hu társulat (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · ar جَمْعِيَّة (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · sh у̏друга (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · tr birlik (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · ur اَنْجُمَنْ (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · sk asociácia (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · ca associació (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · ru ассоциа́ция (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · fi liittyminen (act of associating) · sv sammanslutning (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · la sodālitās (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · id pertautan (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · id hubungan (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · es asociación (act of associating) · ota جمعیت (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · pt organização (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · pl skojarzenie (act of associating) · kk ассоциация (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · fi yhdistys (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · ko 협회 (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · sh asocijácija (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · ru соедине́ние (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · la consortium (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · de Vereinigung (act of associating) · fi ystävyys (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · mk здружение (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · ga compántas (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · pl związek (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · mi whakapiringa (act of associating) · sv association (act of associating) · ru соо́бщество (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · ota انجمن (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · de Vereinigung (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · mk асоцијација (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · vi hiệp hội (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · sh ȕdruga (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · sv koppling (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · fi suhde (OOP) · fr association (OOP) · ru соедине́ние (act of associating) · hi संगठन (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · be аб'ядна́ньне (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · fr association (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · be асацыя́цыя (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · sv koppling (act of associating) · uk спі́лка (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · ug جەمئىيىتى (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · fi yhdistyminen (act of associating) · pt associamento (act of associating) · ha ƙungiya (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · fi järjestyneisyys (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · kk қауымдастық (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · uk об'є́днання (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · ms persatuan (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · hu asszociáció (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · nn foreining (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · zdj shama (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · fi liittolaisuus (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · mi tūhononga (act of associating) · fi yhteys (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · id persatuan (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · bn আঞ্জুমান (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · nb lag (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · sk spolok (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · de Assoziation (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · pt associação (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · nn assosiasjon (act of associating) · fi seuranpito (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · cmn 協會 /协会 (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · grc συνουσίᾱ (act of associating) · fi ystävystyminen (act of associating) · fa-ira اَنْجُمَن (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · de Verknüpfung (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · cy cymdeithas (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · uk асоціа́ція (group of persons associated for a common purpose) · fi jäsenyys (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · sa बन्धु (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · de Korrelation (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something) · fi liittäminen (act of associating) · enm comunicacioun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)