association

1 a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"

2 the act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"

3 the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination; "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break" [ant: disassociation]

4 a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England" [syn: affiliation, tie, tie-up]

5 the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association" [syn: connection, connexion]

6 a relation resulting from interaction or dependence; "flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear"; "the host is not always injured by association with a parasite"

7 (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding

8 (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

English

Etymology

From etyl la associationem, from associare (perhaps via etyl fr association).

Pronunciation

• (UK) /əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/, /@%s@USi"eIS@n/
• (US) /əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/, /@%soUSi"eIS@n/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

Noun

1. The act of associating.
2. The state of being associated.
3. A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
4. A connection to or an affiliation with something.

Derived terms

• guilt by association

Related terms

• associate verb
• associational adjective

Translations

• Albanian: asociacion
• Czech: sdružení
• Dutch: vereniging
• Finnish: yhdistys
• French: association
• German: Vereinigung
• Hebrew: (1,2)
• Ido: asociuro
• Irish: cumann
• Japanese: 協会 (kyōkai)
• Russian: ассоциация
• Spanish: asociación

French

Etymology

From associer.

Pronunciation

• lang=fr|/a.sɔ.sja.sjɔ̃/, /a.sO.sja.sjO~/

Noun

fr-noun f

1. association, society, group
2. In the context of "commercial|economic": partnership
3. association (of related terms, ideas etc.), combination

Association may refer to:

• Voluntary association, a group of individuals who voluntarily enter into an agreement to accomplish a purpose
  • 501(c) non-profit organization
  • Professional association
  • Alumni association, an association of former students of a college or university
  • An industry trade group is also known as a trade association

Associations in various fields of study:

• Association (statistics), comes from two variables that are related
• Association (psychology), something linked in memory or imagination with a thing or person
• Archaeological association, in archaeology, the relationship between objects found together
• Association (ecology), a set of organisms which appear together and cover areas in a roughly uniform way
• Association (astronomy), combined or co-added group of astronomical exposures
• Genetic association
• Association (object-oriented programming), in object-oriented programming, a relationship between classes

Names of particular entities or things:

• The Association, a pop band
• HMS Association, a Royal Navy ship which sank in 1707
• L'Association, a French comic book publisher

See also

• Associate
• Interpersonal relationship

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