Слово англійською: association
Іменник
Переклад association українською: товари́ство, асоціа́ція, об'є́днання (люде́й)
Детальний опис
association
noun, /əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃn/ /əˌsəʊsiˈeɪʃn/, /əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃn/
- [countable + singular or plural verb]
(abbreviation Assoc., Assn. especially in North American English)
an official group of people who have joined together for a particular purpose synonym organization- Do you belong to any professional or trade associations?
- a residents’ association
- The association meets/meet four times a year.
see also Football Association, housing association
- [countable, uncountable] a connection or relationship between people or organizations
- association with somebody/something They have maintained a close association with a college in the US.
- his alleged association with terrorist groups
- She became famous through her association with the group of poets.
- in association with The book was published in association with (= together with) English Heritage.
- The competition was organized in association with the Government's anti-drugs initiative.
- The letter was a clumsy attempt to establish guilt by association.
see also freedom of association
- [countable, usually plural] an idea or a memory that is suggested by somebody/something; a mental connection between ideas
- The seaside had all sorts of pleasant associations with childhood holidays for me.
- The cat soon made the association between human beings and food.
- Incense always had associations with religion for him.
see also free association - [countable, uncountable] a connection between things where one is caused by the other
- association between A and B Studies have shown strong associations between housing conditions and health.
- a proven association between passive smoking and cancer
- The study found a significant association between exposure to electromagnetic fields and the disease.
- in association with something cases of cancer found in association with colitis
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘uniting in a common purpose’): from medieval Latin associatio(n-), from Latin associare ‘to unite, ally’, from ad- ‘to’ + socius ‘sharing, allied’.