association
pronunciation
How to pronounce association in British English:
UK [əˌsəʊsiˈeɪʃn]
How to pronounce association in American English:
US [əˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a formal organization of people or groups of people
- the act of consorting with or joining with others
- the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
- a social or business relationship
- the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
- a relation resulting from interaction or dependence
- (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
- (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
Word Origin
- association (n.)
- 1530s, "action of coming together," from Medieval Latin associationem (nominative associatio), noun of action from past participle stem of associare (see associate). Meaning "a body of persons with a common purpose" is from 1650s. Meaning "mental connection" is from 1680s; that of "quality or thing called to mind by something else" is from 1810.
Example
- 1. I 'm a referee at the local basketball association .
- 2. Researchers found no association between internet use and anxiety .
- 3. 1859 American medical association announces opposition to abortion .
- 4. Sigmund freud used free association .
- 5. This association will help you recall vocabulary later .