association

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An official group of people organized for a shared purpose.

   She joined the local tennis association.

2. 2
   noun

   A connection or link between things or ideas.

   There is a strong association between smoking and lung disease.

3. 3
   noun

   A memory or feeling that something makes you think of.

   For me, this perfume has happy associations with my childhood.

4. 4
   noun

   The act of spending time or working with other people.

   He was judged guilty simply by his association with the gang.

Common collocations

• free association Adjective + noun

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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