association English · revision 3335

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1535|origins=la socius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /əˌsəʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, US /əˌsoʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|association]] or directly [[bor|la-med|associātiō|t=association]] (accusative associātiōnem),^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)^(Etymonline) the noun of action of [[m|la|associāre|t=to join with, unite]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|ad-|t=to]] and [[m|la|sociāre|t=to unite with]], from [[m|la|socius|t=companion, ally]],^(Etymonline) from [[ine-pro|*sekʷ-|alt=*sekw-|t=to follow]].^(Etymonline) It is the noun of [[associate]].^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The action of combining for a common purpose: 1535^(OED 1989) or the 1530s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A document setting out the common purpose of a group, signed by its members, is from 1586.^(OED 1989) An organized body of people with a common purpose is from the 1650s (before 1659),^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and fellowship, companionship, from 1660.^(OED 1989) The mental connection between ideas is from the 1680s, 1690 in the OED,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and a quality or thing called to mind by something else from 1810.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1535 – combining for a common purpose.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1586 – a signed declaration of purpose.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1650s – an organized society.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1660 – fellowship.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1680s – a mental connection.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1810 – something called to mind.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1895 – in chemistry, the aggregation of molecules.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An organized group of people with a shared interest or purpose; a [[society]].^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # A connection or link between people or things.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # A mental connection between ideas or feelings; a feeling or memory brought to mind by something.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # The act of associating, or the state of being associated.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[associational]]

+ * [[associationism]]

+ * [[interassociation]]

+ * [[nonassociation]]

+ * [[reassociation]]

+ * [[subassociation]]

+ * [[association football]]

+ * [[free association]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[associate]]

+ * [[social]]

+ * [[society]]

+ * [[sociable]]

+ * [[consociation]]

+ * [[sequel]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}