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Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-soh-see-ey-shuhn, -shee-
Phonetic Transcription : əˌsoʊ siˈeɪ ʃən, -ʃi-



Definition of association

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun group with common interest or pursuit
  • noun friendship
  • noun mental connection
Example sentences :
  • It was formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Her eyes were so blue that but for the association he would have called her Sapphira.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Otherwise the agent will soon put an end to the Association.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870 » by Various
  • Anyone shall have the right to belong to any association and to leave it when he pleases.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • The reason of this is that any 'property' of the association, in the ordinary sense, does not exist.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • There are no proprietors--merely usufructuaries of the association's capital.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • The wire puzzles and the association tea were an immense feature of these.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • Similarly, the association of ideas is passive, and in consequence is a kind of passion.
  • Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
  • Nothing is spoken of, but the approaching meeting of the association.
  • Extract from : « The Mudfog and Other Sketches » by Charles Dickens
  • One is that it got its name from its association with hymns to the Virgin.
  • Extract from : « How the Piano Came to Be » by Ellye Howell Glover

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