association

English

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Etymology

From Latin associātiōnem, from associāre (perhaps via French association).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/, /əˌsəʊsiˈeɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/, /əˌsəʊsiˈeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

association (plural associations)

1. The act of associating.
2. 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?

3. (statistics) 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.

Derived terms

• guilt by association

Related terms

• associate verb
• associational adj

Translations

act of associating

• Catalan: associació f
• Esperanto: asociigo
• Finnish: liittyminen, järjestäytyminen, yhdistyminen, yhtyminen; seurustelu (fi), yhdessäolo, seuranpito; liittoutuminen, ystävystyminen, yhteen liittyminen; liittäminen, yhdistäminen; assosiaatio, mielleyhtymä
• Hungarian: társítás, asszociáció (hu)
• Japanese: 連想 (ja) (rensō), 関連付け (kanrenzuke)

• Polish: współpraca (pl) f
• Portuguese: associação (pt) f, associamento m
• Romanian: asociere (ro) f
• Russian: объединение (ru) n (obʺjedinénije), соединение (ru) n (sojedinénije)
• Spanish: asociación (es) f
• Swedish: association (sv) c, koppling c

state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something

• Catalan: associació f
• Dutch: associatie (nl) f, verbinding (nl) f
• Finnish: jäsenyys, järjestyneisyys, järjestäytyneisyys; yhdessäolo, seuranpito; toveruus, kaveruus, kumppanuus (fi), liittolaisuus, ystävyys (fi); yhteys (fi), yhdistyneisyys; yhdistäminen, assosiaatio
• Hungarian: társítás, asszociáció (hu)

• Irish: comhchaidreamh m
• Portuguese: associação (pt) f
• Romanian: asociere (ro) f, asociație (ro) f
• Russian: объединение (ru) n (obʺjedinénije), соединение (ru) n (sojedinénije)
• Spanish: asociación (es) f
• Swedish: association (sv) c, koppling c

group of persons associated for a common purpose

• Catalan: associació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 協會 (zh), 协会 (zh) (xiéhuì)

• Czech: sdružení n, asociace f
• Dutch: vereniging (nl) f
• Esperanto: asociiĝo
• Finnish: järjestö (fi), yhdistys (fi)
• French: association (fr) f
• German: Verein (de) m, Verband (de) m, Assoziation (de) f
• Greek: σύνδεσμος (el) m (sýndesmos)
• Hungarian: egyesület (hu), társulat (hu)
• Irish: cumann m
• Japanese: 協会 (ja) (kyōkai)
• Malay: persatuan (ms)

• Maltese: assoċjazzjoni f
• Manx: commyn m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forening (no) m, f

  Nynorsk: foreining f

• Polish: związek (pl) m, stowarzyszenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: associação (pt) f, organização (pt) f
• Romanian: asociație (ro) f
• Russian: ассоциация (ru) f (associácija), объединение (ru) n (obʺjedinénije), союз (ru) m (sojúz), сообщество (ru) n (soóbščestvo), товарищество (ru) n (továriščestvo)
• Swedish: förening (sv) c, sammanslutning c, sällskap (sv) n, förbund (sv) n, klubb (sv) c, kår (sv) c

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• Albanian: asociacion (sq)
• Arabic: [script?] (cemiyet)
• Bulgarian: асоциация (bg) (asociacija), съюз (bg) (sǎjuz), общество (bg) (obštestvo)
• Esperanto: asocio
• French: association (fr)
• German: Vereinigung (de)
• Hebrew: התקשרות (hitkashrut) (1,2)

• Ido: asociuro (io)
• Italian: associazione (it) f
• Portuguese: associação (pt) f
• Turkish: dernek (tr), cemiyet (tr)

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French

Etymology

From associer.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /a.sɔ.sja.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

association f (plural associations)

1. association, society, group
2. (commercial, economic) partnership
3. association (of related terms, ideas etc.), combination