Definitions for association
əˌsoʊ siˈeɪ ʃən, -ʃi-as·so·ci·a·tion

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. association(noun)

   a formal organization of people or groups of people

   "he joined the Modern Language Association"

2. association(noun)

   the act of consorting with or joining with others

   "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"

3. association(noun)

   the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination

   "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break"

4. association, connection, connexion(noun)

   the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

   "conditioning is a form of learning by association"

5. affiliation, association, tie, tie-up(noun)

   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"

6. association(noun)

   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. association(noun)

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

8. association(noun)

   (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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. association(Noun)

   The act of associating.

   Etymology: From associationem, from associare (perhaps via association).

2. association(Noun)

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

   Etymology: From associationem, from associare (perhaps via association).

3. association(Noun)

   A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.

   Etymology: From associationem, from associare (perhaps via association).

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Association(noun)

   the act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things

   Etymology: [Cf. F. association, LL. associatio, fr. L. associare.]

2. Association(noun)

   mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing

   Etymology: [Cf. F. association, LL. associatio, fr. L. associare.]

3. Association(noun)

   union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches

   Etymology: [Cf. F. association, LL. associatio, fr. L. associare.]

Freebase(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Association

   "Association" in psychology refers to a connection between conceptual entities or mental states that results from the similarity between those states or their proximity in space or time. The idea stems from Plato and Aristotle, especially with regard to the succession of memories, and it was carried on by philosophers such as John Locke, David Hume, David Hartley, James Mill, John Stuart Mill, and Alexander Bain. It finds its place in modern psychology in such areas as conditioning and in neural network models of memory.

U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Association

   A functional relationship between psychological phenomena of such nature that the presence of one tends to evoke the other; also, the process by which such a relationship is established.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. association

   A group or organisation of people with a focused purpose.

   The association of licensed hauliers worked together to improve their service.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 16, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'association' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #838

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'association' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1682

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'association' in Nouns Frequency: #313

How to pronounce association?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of association in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of association in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of association in a Sentence

1. Nawab Qizilbash:

   If increased weight in mid-life is protective against dementia, the reasons for this inverse association are unclear at present, many different issues related to diet, exercise, frailty, genetic factors and weight change could play a part.

2. James Nash:

   Governors have been discussing this idea through the National Governor's National Governor Association.

3. Jim Heverin:

   Architecture should add to the drama of an event, by doing so, it can encourage repeat usage and positive association with the facility. Architecture can do this in many ways, from large gestures such as the overall design down to the small gestures, like the quality of its finishes.

4. Nicolas Wentzensen:

   Scientific consensus emerges over time, especially in cases like this, where the results have been somewhat inconsistent, while this recent analysis provides additional evidence supporting an association of talc and ovarian cancer, it will be important to test the methods used in this analysis in other data to see if the findings are confirmed.

5. Does Helfens:

   We started DivorceHotel in 2011 on Valentine's Day to show the world we believe it is possible to split up in a positive way, it's more that we have an association with Valentine's Day -- positivity.

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