associationn.
英 əsəʊsɪ'eɪʃ(ə)n; -ʃɪ- | 美 ə,soʃɪ'eʃən
中文n. 协会，联盟，社团；联合；联想
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association (n.)1530s, "action of coming together," from Medieval Latin associationem (nominative associatio), noun of action from past participle stem of associare (see associate). Meaning "a body of persons with a common purpose" is from 1650s. Meaning "mental connection" is from 1680s; that of "quality or thing called to mind by something else" is from 1810.
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