association
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/, /əˌsəʊsiˈeɪʃən/
  • (America) IPA: /əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/, /əˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/
Noun

association

  1. The act of associating.
  2. The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.
  3. (statistics) Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).
  4. A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
  5. (object-oriented programming) Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.
Synonyms Translations Translations Translations Translations


This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003
Offline English dictionary