association
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin associātiōnem, from associāre (perhaps via French association).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (RP) IPA: /əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/, /əˌsəʊsiˈeɪʃən/, X-SAMPA: /@%s@USi"eIS@n/, /@%s@Usi"eIS@n/
- (GenAm) IPA: /əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/, /əˌsəʊsiˈeɪʃən/, X-SAMPA: /@%soUSi"eIS@n/, /@%soUsi"eIS@n/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun[edit]
association (plural associations)
- The act of associating.
- The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.
- 2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 164:
- 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”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 164:
- A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
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Translations[edit]
act of associating
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state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something
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group of persons associated for a common purpose
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From associer.
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Noun[edit]
association f (plural associations)
- association, society, group
- (commercial, economic) partnership
- association (of related terms, ideas etc.), combination