association

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Synonyms: assoziation, dissociation, associating, sociation, reassociation, associations, associative, associator, bisociation

Antonyms: assoziation, dissociation, associating, sociation, reassociation, associations, associative, associator, bisociation

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The act of [[associate|associating]].
2. {{lb|en|countable}} The state of being [[associate|associated]]; a [[connection]] to or an [[affiliation]] with something.
3. {{lb|en|statistics}} Any [[relationship]] between two measured [[quantity|quantities]] that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily [[causal]] or a [[correlation]]).
4. {{senseid|en|group of people}} A [[group]] of persons [[associated]] for a common purpose; an [[organization]]; [[society]].
5. {{lb|en|object-oriented programming}} Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.
6. {{lb|en|Philippines|Chinese Filipino}} A [[benevolent]] [[overseas Chinese]] [[organization]] of popular origin for [[overseas Chinese]] [[individual]]s with the same [[surname]], geographical origin, location, [[trade]] or [[business]].

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