association

association - English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/, /əˌsəʊsiˈeɪʃən/
  • (General American) IPA: /əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/, /əˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/

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).
  4. A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
  5. (object-oriented programming) Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.
  6. (Philippines, Chinese Filipino) A benevolent overseas Chinese organization of popular origin for overseas Chinese individuals with the same surname or trade or business.
    • Synonym: kongsi (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia)

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Translations

association - Danish

Noun

association c (singular definite associationen, plural indefinite associationer)

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

Declension

common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative association associationen associationer associationerne
genitive associations associationens associationers associationernes

association - French

Pronunciation

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

Descendants

Meaning and Definition of association
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