association

[ uh-soh-see-ey-shuhn, -shee- ]

noun

1. an organization of people with a common purpose and having a formal structure.

   Synonyms: band, company, society, union, alliance

2. the act of associating or state of being associated.
3. friendship; companionship:

   Their close association did not last long.

   Synonyms: fellowship

4. connection or combination.
5. the connection or relation of ideas, feelings, sensations, etc.; correlation of elements of perception, reasoning, or the like.
6. an idea, image, feeling, etc., suggested by or connected with something other than itself; an accompanying thought, emotion, or the like; an overtone or connotation:

   My associations with that painting are of springlike days.

7. Ecology. a group of plants of one or more species living together under uniform environmental conditions and having a uniform and distinctive aspect.
8. Chemistry. a weak form of chemical bonding involving aggregation of molecules of the same compound.
9. touch football.
10. Astronomy. stellar association.

association

/ əˌsəʊsɪˈeɪʃən; -ʃɪ- /

noun

1. a group of people having a common purpose or interest; a society or club
2. the act of associating or the state of being associated
3. friendship or companionship

   their association will not last

4. a mental connection of ideas, feelings, or sensations

   association of revolution with bloodshed

5. psychol the mental process of linking ideas so that the recurrence of one idea automatically recalls the other See also free association
6. chem the formation of groups of molecules and ions, esp in liquids, held together by weak chemical bonds
7. ecology a group of similar plants that grow in a uniform environment and contain one or more dominant species

association

/ ə-sō′sē-ā′shən,-shē- /

1. A large number of organisms in a specific geographic area constituting a community with one or two dominant species.

Other Words From

• as·soci·ation·al adjective
• inter·as·soci·ation noun
• nonas·soci·ation noun
• nonas·soci·ation·al adjective
• proas·soci·ation adjective
• pseudo·as·soci·ation·al adjective
• reas·soci·ation noun
• subas·soci·ation noun
• subas·soci·ation·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of association¹

First recorded in 1525–35; from Middle French, from Medieval Latin associātiōn-, stem of associātiō “accompaniment, unification”; equivalent to associate + -ion

Example Sentences

They developed a polygenic risk score, based on the genome association scan, and applied it to a separate dataset of 347,585 individuals in UK Biobank.

From Science Daily

As participants age, the researchers are continuing to follow them to examine amyloid levels and other measures of AD-related pathology to further explore the association between prenatal immunity and AD.

From Science Daily

These studies suggested an association with gastrointestinal cancers and glioblastoma, but little was known about how the protein functions or how PDAP1 could partner with the virus to promote infection.

From Science Daily

The French Medical Association last month banned him from practicing medicine for 2 years, his tally of retractions is up to 24, and 243 IHU papers have received expressions of concern.

From Science Magazine

It comes after the Charity Commission found Hannah and Colin Ingram-Moore benefited from their association with the charity set up in Capt Sir Tom's name, including money from a £1.4m book deal paid to a family company, not to the Foundation.

From BBC

Related Words

• club
• company
• cooperative
• corporation
• federation
• guild
• league
• organization
• partnership
• society
• tribe
• union