What does association mean?
Definitions for association
əˌsoʊ siˈeɪ ʃən, -ʃi-as·so·ci·a·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
associationnoun
a formal organization of people or groups of people
"he joined the Modern Language Association"
associationnoun
the act of consorting with or joining with others
"you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"
associationnoun
the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
"his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break"
association, connection, connexionnoun
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
"conditioning is a form of learning by association"
affiliation, association, tie, tie-upnoun
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"
associationnoun
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"
associationnoun
(chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
associationnoun
(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
associationnoun
The act of associating.
associationnoun
The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.
associationnoun
A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
Etymology: From associationem, from associare (perhaps via association).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Associationnoun
Etymology: from associate.
The church being a society, hath the self-same original grounds, which other politick societies have; the natural inclination which all men have unto sociable life, and consent to some certain bond of association; which bond is the law that appointeth what kind of order they shall be associated in. Richard Hooker, b. i.
This could not be done but with mighty opposition: against which, to strengthen themselves, they secretly entered into a league of association. Richard Hooker, Preface.
Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God; and, by making you his partner, interests you in all his happiness. Boyle.
Association of ideas is of great importance, and may be of excellent use. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.
The changes of corporeal things are to be placed only in the various separations, and new associations and motions of these permanent particles. Isaac Newton, Opticks.
ChatGPT
association
Association typically refers to a connection or relationship between two or more things. It can refer to the act of joining or uniting together, or the state of being linked or connected. In various contexts, association can involve individuals, groups, organizations, or ideas being linked based on shared characteristics, interests, goals, or activities.
Webster Dictionary
Associationnoun
the act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things
Associationnoun
mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing
Associationnoun
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
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
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
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
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'association' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #838
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'association' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1682
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'association' in Nouns Frequency: #313
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of association in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of association in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of association in a Sentence
Richard Try an association such as Let's say the average person uses ten percent of his brain. How much do you use One and a half percent. The rest is filled with malted hops and bong resin.
It seems to me the book has not just aesthetic values-- the charming little clothy box of the thing, the smell of the glue, even the print, which has its own beauty. But there's something about the sensation of ink on paper that is in some sense a thing, a phenomenon rather than an epiphenomenon. I can't break the association of electric trash with the computer screen. Words on the screen give the sense of being just another passing electronic wriggle.
An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.
This is an attempt not just to scare Black Law Students Association away from my course, but to scare Black Law Students Association away from speaking Black Law Students Association minds, and to create a faculty and student purity test, this isnt activism, its anti-intellectualism. I dont think it will work, and there will be a backlash.
If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches.
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Translations for association
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- جمعيةArabic
- associacióCatalan, Valencian
- sdružení, asociaceCzech
- Verein, Verband, AssoziationGerman
- σύνδεσμοςGreek
- asociiĝoEsperanto
- asociaciónSpanish
- yhteys, ystävystyminen, jäsenyys, seurustelu, kumppanuus, järjestö, ystävyys, yhtyminen, assosiaatio, yhdistys, liittoutuminen, yhdistyminen, toveruus, yhdistäminen, yhteen liittyminen, järjestäytyneisyys, yhdistyneisyys, yhdessäolo, liittolaisuus, kaveruus, järjestäytyminen, seuranpito, mielleyhtymä, liittyminen, järjestyneisyys, liittäminenFinnish
- associationFrench
- comhchaidreamh, cumannIrish
- commynManx
- egyesület, társítás, társulat, asszociációHungarian
- 協会, 関連付け, 連想Japanese
- ಸಂಘKannada
- consociatioLatin
- persatuanMalay
- assoċjazzjoniMaltese
- verbinding, associatie, verenigingDutch
- foreiningNorwegian Nynorsk
- foreningNorwegian
- współpraca, związek, stowarzyszeniePolish
- associação, organização, associamentoPortuguese
- asociație, asociereRomanian
- объединение, ассоциация, союз, сообщество, соединение, товариществоRussian
- förening, koppling, f, klubb, sällskap, kår, association, sammanslutning, förbundSwedish
- 协会Chinese
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