association

English Online Dictionary. What means association‎? What does association mean?

English

Etymology

From Latin associātiō, from associō (perhaps via French association). Morphologically associate +‎ -ion
The Philippine sense is a calque of Spanish gremio.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃn̩/, /əˌsəʊsiˈeɪʃn̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/, /əˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

association (countable and uncountable, plural associations)

1. (uncountable) The act of associating.
2. (countable) The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.
3. (statistics) Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).
5. A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
6. (object-oriented programming) Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.
7. (Philippines, Chinese Filipino) A benevolent overseas Chinese organization of popular origin for overseas Chinese individuals with the same surname, geographical origin, location, trade or business.

   Synonym: kongsi (Singapore; Malaysia; Indonesia)

Synonyms

• (state of being associated): connection; See also Thesaurus:relation
• ass'n (abbreviation)

Derived terms

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Translations

See also

• alliance
• coalition
• league
• union
• guild
• clan

Danish

Noun

association c (singular definite associationen, plural indefinite associationer)

1. association
2. group of persons united for some purpose

Declension

Further reading

• “association” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From associer +‎ -tion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sɔ.sja.sjɔ̃/
• Homophone: associations

Noun

association f (plural associations)

1. association, society, group
2. (commerce, economics) partnership
3. association (of related terms, ideas etc.), combination
4. (object-oriented programming) association

Derived terms

• association caritative
• association libre

Descendants

• → Romanian: asociație

Further reading

• “association”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Noun

association c

1. (uncountable, countable) association (connecting in one's mind)
2. association (keeping company or (loose) contact with someone or something)

Declension

Related terms

• associativ
• associera

References

• association in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• association in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)