association

Meaning

  1. The act of associating.
  2. The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.
  3. Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).
  4. A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
  5. Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.
  6. 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

B2
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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