associations

noun

(countable) The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.

A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.

(uncountable) The act of associating.

(statistics) Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).

(object-oriented programming) Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.

(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.

Roots

sociussoci- · Latin · companion, ally

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