Meanings
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1
noun
An official group of people organized for a shared purpose.
She joined the local tennis association.
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2
noun
A connection or link between things or ideas.
There is a strong association between smoking and lung disease.
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3
noun
A memory or feeling that something makes you think of.
For me, this perfume has happy associations with my childhood.
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4
noun
The act of spending time or working with other people.
He was judged guilty simply by his association with the gang.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin sociō Latin associō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin associātiōbor. English…
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