Definition of "association" in English

noun

1. (uncountable) The act of associating.

2. (countable) 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.

6. (Philippines, Chinese Filipino) A benevolent overseas Chinese organization of popular origin for overseas Chinese individuals with the same surname, geographical origin, location, trade or business.