association
Meaning
- The act of associating.
- The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.
- 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.
- A benevolent overseas Chinese organization of popular origin for overseas Chinese individuals with the same surname or trade or business.
Synonyms
ecological association
meeting-place
roller bandage
mental image
mental picture
visual image
social intercourse
mutual dependence
partship
visual percept
chain of ideas
co-partnership
intimate union
being united
imagination image
memory image
memory picture
plant association
matched pair
mating partner
affaire
assoc
associate with
business meeting
college
commonwealth
concernment
living together
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/
Etymology
From Latin associātiō, from associō (perhaps via French association). Morphologically associate + -ion The Philippine sense is a calque of Spanish gremio.
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