Meaning

6 senses

  1. (uncountable)The act of associating.

    Assoziation, Verknüpfung, Zuordnung

    объедине́ниеobʺjedinénije, соедине́ниеsojedinénije

    the act of consorting with or joining with others

  2. (countable)The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.

    Verbindung, Vereinigung, Verknüpfung

    объедине́ниеobʺjedinénije, соедине́ниеsojedinénije

  3. (countable, uncountable)Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).

  4. (countable, uncountable)A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.

    Verein, Verband, Assoziation

    ассоциа́цияassociácija, объедине́ниеobʺjedinénije, сою́зsojúz

    асоціа́ціяasociácija, об'є́днанняobʺjédnannja, товари́ствоtovarýstvo

  5. (countable, uncountable)Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.

  6. (Philippines, countable, uncountable)A benevolent overseas Chinese organization of popular origin for overseas Chinese individuals with the same surname, geographical origin, location, trade or business.

Examples

97 sentences

  1. I applied for membership in the association.

    ruЯ подал заявку на членство в ассоциации. — stifler86

    deIch bewarb mich um Mitgliedschaft bei dem Verein. — Tamy

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. My association with them didn't last long.

    deMein Umgang mit ihnen hat nicht lange gedauert. — Esperantostern

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Was it guilt by association?

    CM · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. The word has unpleasant associations.

    З цим словом пов'язані неприємні асоціації. — deniko

    ruУ слова негативная коннотация. — odexed

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  5. There are 30 members in the association.

    WestofEden · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
group of persons associated for a common purpose:
Русский
By meaning 2
act of associating:
group of persons associated for a common purpose:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
act of associating:
state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something:
group of persons associated for a common purpose:

Origin

From Latin associātiō, from associō (perhaps via French association). Morphologically asso

From Latin associātiō, from associō (perhaps via French association). Morphologically associate + -ion.

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Forms

plural: associations
Singularassociation
Pluralassociations

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
connectionB1kongsiass'n
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
disassociation

Word family

51 related words
RelatedassociateB1allianceB2clanC1coalitionB2leagueB1unionB1associationalguild
Derivedalumni associationanociassociationantiassociationassociation copyassociation fallacyassociation footballassociationismassociationistassociation linkassociation listassociation timeautoassociationbar associationbioassociationbisociationcoassociationdisassociationemployers' associationfile associationfree associationguarantee associationheteroassociationhomeowner associationichnoassociation

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
assistantB1associateB1assonanceassortedassortmentassuage

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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