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/əsˌoʊsiˈeɪʃən/ /əsˌoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Association n.

1.

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things. "Some... bond of association." "Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God."

2.

Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing. "Words... must owe their powers association." "Why should... the holiest words, with all their venerable associations, be profaned?"

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.

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Etymology of 'Association'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Association" Quotes from Famous Books

... great truth from my slight association with the Tax Commission," burbled Whyland. "Almost everything marked, spotted: property, real and personal; lands, lots, ...

— Under the Skylights • Henry Blake Fuller

... forcibleness of Saxon English, or rather non-Latin English, first claims our attention. The several special reasons assignable for this may all be reduced to the general reason—economy. The most important of them is early association. A child's vocabulary is almost wholly Saxon. He says, I have, not I possess—-I wish, not I desire; he does not reflect, he thinks; he does not beg for amusement, but for play; he calls things nice or nasty, not pleasant or disagreeable. ...

— The Philosophy of Style • Herbert Spencer

... the meeting of the Third Corps Gettysburg Re-union Association, held at Music Hall on Fast ...

— The Campaign of Chancellorsville • Theodore A. Dodge

... friend to the neatly furnished room leased by the society. He was so well pleased with its appearance that he thought he should himself like to belong to such an association, whenever he found a permanent home. At present he was only ...

— The Young Musician - or, Fighting His Way • Horatio Alger

... completest and best thing of the kind I have seen. The book is splendidly illustrated." MARIAN LAWRANCE, General Secretary International Sunday-School Association. ...

— The Telegraph Boy • Horatio Alger, Jr.

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