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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesassociation
Pronunciation / Transliteration: association
"Elle est membre d'une association caritative."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A connection or mental link between things, ideas, or people.
"He had strong positive associations with the smell of baking bread."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from medieval Latin associatio(n-), from the verb associare (see associate).
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10 Global Lexicons: How "association" is said worldwide
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association
Transliteration: association
"Elle est membre d'une association caritative."
Vereinigung
Transliteration: Vereinigung
"Die Vereinigung setzt sich für den Umweltschutz ein."
associazione
Transliteration: associazione
"Fanno parte di una nuova associazione culturale."
asociación
Transliteration: asociación
"La asociación de vecinos organizó el evento."
associação
Transliteration: associação
"Eles criaram uma associação sem fins lucrativos."
संगठन
Transliteration: sangathan
"वह एक स्थानीय व्यापार संगठन से जुड़े हैं।"
协会
Transliteration: xiéhuì
"他加入了作家协会。"
협회
Transliteration: hyeophoe
"그들은 새로운 협회를 설립했습니다."
協会
Transliteration: kyōkai
"彼女はその業界団体のメンバーです。"
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