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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Association \As*so`ci*a"tion\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. association,
     LL. associatio, fr. L. associare.]
     1. The act of associating, or state of being associated;
        union; connection, whether of persons of things. ``Some .
        . . bond of association.'' --Hooker.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God.
                                                    --Boyle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or
        associated with a thing.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Words . . . must owe their powers association.
                                                    --Johnson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Why should . . . the holiest words, with all their
              venerable associations, be profaned?  --Coleridge.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Union of persons in a company or society for some
        particular purpose; as, the American Association for the
        Advancement of Science; a benevolent association.
        Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society,
        consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors
        of neighboring churches, united for promoting the
        interests of religion and the harmony of the churches.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Association of ideas (Physiol.), the combination or
        connection of states of mind or their objects with one
        another, as the result of which one is said to be revived
        or represented by means of the other. The relations
        according to which they are thus connected or revived are
        called the law of association. Prominent among them are
        reckoned the relations of time and place, and of cause and
        effect. --Porter.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Association \As*so`ci*a"tion\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. association,
     LL. associatio, fr. L. associare.]
     1. The act of associating, or state of being associated;
        union; connection, whether of persons of things. ``Some .
        . . bond of association.'' --Hooker.
  
              Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God.
                                                    --Boyle.
  
     2. Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or
        associated with a thing.
  
              Words . . . must owe their powers association.
                                                    --Johnson.
  
              Why should . . . the holiest words, with all their
              venerable associations, be profaned?  --Coleridge.
  
     3. Union of persons in a company or society for some
        particular purpose; as, the American Association for the
        Advancement of Science; a benevolent association.
        Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society,
        consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors
        of neighboring churches, united for promoting the
        interests of religion and the harmony of the churches.
  
     Association of ideas (Physiol.), the combination or
        connection of states of mind or their objects with one
        another, as the result of which one is said to be revived
        or represented by means of the other. The relations
        according to which they are thus connected or revived are
        called the law of association. Prominent among them are
        reckoned the relations of time and place, and of cause and
        effect. --Porter.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  association
       n 1: a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he
            joined the Modern Language Association"
       2: the act of consorting with or joining with others; "you
          cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"
       3: the state of being connected together as in memory or
          imagination; "his association of his father with being
          beaten was too strong to break" [ant: disassociation]
       4: a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial
          affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with
          other members of the team"; "many close associations with
          England" [syn: affiliation, tie, tie-up]
       5: the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory
          or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by
          association" [syn: connection, connexion]
       6: a relation resulting from interaction or dependence; "flints
          were found in association with the prehistoric remains of
          the bear"; "the host is not always injured by association
          with a parasite"
       7: (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in
          solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
       8: (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

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  association
     Γαλλικά n.
     1 ο σύλλογος, το σωματείο
     2 η αλληλουχία
     3 η σύνδεση

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  association
     French n.
     1 (l en association), society, group
     2 (lb fr commerce economics) partnership
     3 (l en association) (of related terms, ideas etc.), combination
     4 (lb fr object-oriented programming) (l en association)
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The act of associate.
     2 (lb en countable) The state of being associate; a connection to or
  an affiliation with something.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  association
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The act of associate.
     2 (lb en countable) The state of being associate; a connection to or
  an affiliation with something.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  association
     French n.
     1 (l en association), society, group
     2 (lb fr commerce economics) partnership
     3 (l en association) (of related terms, ideas etc.), combination
     4 (lb fr object-oriented programming) (l en association)
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The act of associate.
     2 (lb en countable) The state of being associate; a connection to or
  an affiliation with something.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  association
     French n.
     1 (l en association), society, group
     2 (lb fr commerce economics) partnership
     3 (l en association) (of related terms, ideas etc.), combination
     4 (lb fr object-oriented programming) (l en association)
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The act of associate.
     2 (lb en countable) The state of being associate; a connection to or
  an affiliation with something.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  association
     Ranska n.
     1 (yhteys psykologia k=fr)  mielleyhtymä, assosiaatio
     2 yhdistys
     Ruotsi n.
     1 seura, yhdistys
     2 (yhteys psykologia k=sv)   mielleyhtymä, assosiaatio

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  association
     Franska n.
     #Svenska, förening
     n.
     1 förknippning av föreställningar
     2 anknytning
     3 förening

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  association
     n.
     1 förknippning av föreställningar
     2 anknytning
     3 förening

From German-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.5 : [ freedict:deu-nld ]


  Association /(en)ɐsˌəʊsɪˈeɪʃən(de)/
  genootschap, gezelschap, krans, kring, sociëteit, vereniging

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  association /ɐsˌəʊsɪˈeɪʃən/
  vereniging

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Association /ɐsˌəʊsɪˈeɪʃən/
  الجمعيّة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  association //əˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən// //əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən// //əˌsəʊsiˈeɪʃən// //əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən// 
  асоциа́ция, дру́жество
  group of persons associated for a common purpose