The association is still a far cry from being well organized.
Source: tatoeba (19246)
Association
//əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃn̩//
Synonyms for "association" (272 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (55)
affiliationconnectionaccompanimentaccordaccordanceadditionadjunctadvisory bodyaffairsaffinityagglomerationaggregationagreementalignmentallianceamalgamationanschlussapproximationassemblageassembly
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assimilationassociateassociation by contiguityassociation of ideasaxisbandbenchblendblendingblocboardbodybody of advisersbondbondingborough councilbrain trustbritish cabinetbrotherhoodcabalcabinetcahootscamaraderiecamarillacartelcentralizationchain of thoughtchambercircuitcity councilclang association
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (81)
closenessclubco-workingcoactioncoadunationcoalescencecoalitioncochairmanshipcoincidencecollaborationcolleagueshipcollectivitycollegecollegialismcollegialitycollusioncombinationcombinecombined effortcombo
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common councilcommunitycompanionshipcompanycomplicitycompositioncomradeshipconcertconcerted actionconcomitanceconcordanceconcourseconcurrencecondominiumconfederacyconfederationconferenceconfluenceconfraternitycongeriesconglomerationcongressconjugationconjunctionconnectednessconsilienceconsociationconsolidationconsortconsortiumconsortshipconspiracyconsultative assemblycontactcontiguitycontrarietycontributioncontrolled associationcooperationcooperativecopartnershipcopartnerycorpscorrespondencecotenancycouncilcouncil firecouncil of ministerscouncil of statecouncil of warcounty councilcourtcredit unioncurrent of thoughtdealingsdeductiondeliberative assemblydiet
Related words (136)
directorydisjunctiondivanecumenismembodimentencompassmentengagementenosisentanglementfederalizationfederationfellowshipfiliationflow of thoughtfraternalismfraternityfraternizationfree associationfreemasonryfriendship
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fusionganggroupgroupingguildhaving a parthomologyhookupidentificationimplicationinclusionincorporationinmost thoughtsinstituteintegrationintercourseintimacyinvolvementjoiningjoint chairmanshipjoint controljoint ownershipjoint tenancyjunctionjuntakinshipkitchen cabinetleaguelegislatureliaisonlinklinkagelinkingloopmachinemarriagemeldmeldingmembershipmental linkingmergermixturemobmutual attractionnearnessnegative transferenceorderorganizationpackagepackage dealpairingparasitismparish councilpartakingparticipationpartnershippositive transferencepresenceprivy councilpropinquityproximityrapportregardrelatednessrelationrelationsrelationshipringsanhedrinsaprophytismsecret thoughtssharingsimilaritysimultaneitysocial circlesocial classsocietysodalitysolidificationsororitysovietstaffstream of consciousnesssuffragesymbiosissympathysynchronismsyncretismsyndicatesyndicationsyneresissynergysynesthesiasynodsynthesisthoughtthoughtstietie intie uptie-intie-uptrain of thoughttransferencetribunalunificationunionunited actionus cabinetvotingweddingwheel
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More general
14 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
8 entriesderived
57 entriesShowing 16 of 57 words.
has context
4 entriesis a
8 entriesrelated to
40 entriesShowing 16 of 40 words.
Translations
201 translations across 60 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- συνουσίᾱ noun (act of associating)
- συνουσίᾱ noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
Arabic
1 entries- جَمْعِيَّة noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Armenian
1 entries- ասոցիացիա noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Belarusian
4 entries- аб'ядна́нне noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- аб'ядна́ньне noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- асацыя́цыя noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- тавары́ства noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Bengali
1 entries- আঞ্জুমান noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Bulgarian
2 entries- асоциа́ция noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- дру́жество noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Catalan
3 entries- associació noun (act of associating)
- associació noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
- associació noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 協會 /协会 noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Czech
3 entries- asociace noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- sdružení noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- spolek noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Danish
1 entries- forening noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Dutch
3 entries- associatie noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
- verbinding noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
- vereniging noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Esperanto
3 entries- asociigo noun (act of associating)
- asociiĝo noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- asocio noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
Finnish
4 entries- assosiaatio noun (act of associating)
- assosiaatio noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
- assosiaatio noun (OOP)
- järjestyneisyys noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
French
2 entries- association noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- association noun (OOP)
Galician
1 entries- asociación noun (act of associating)
Georgian
1 entries- ასოციაცია noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
German
4 entries- Anschliessen noun (act of associating)
- Assoziation noun (act of associating)
- Assoziation noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
- Assoziation noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Greek
1 entries- σύνδεσμος noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Hausa
1 entries- ƙungiya noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Hindi
2 entries- संगठन noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- सभा noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Hungarian
4 entries- asszociáció noun (act of associating)
- asszociáció noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
- egyesület noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- egylet noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Indonesian
4 entries- asosiasi noun (act of associating)
- asosiasi noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
- hubungan noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
- persatuan noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- اَنْجُمَن noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- باشْگاه noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Irish
4 entries- comhchaidreamh noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
- comhthiomsú noun (act of associating)
- compántas noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- cumann noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Japanese
3 entries- 協会) noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- 連想 noun (act of associating)
- 関連付け noun (act of associating)
Kapampangan
1 entries- aguman noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Kazakh
2 entries- ассоциация noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- қауымдастық noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Korean
1 entries- 협회 noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- ассоциация noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Ladino
1 entries- asosiasion noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Latin
3 entries- consortium noun (act of associating)
- consortium noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- sodālitās noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Macedonian
2 entries- асоцијација noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- здружение noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Malay
1 entries- persatuan noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Maltese
1 entries- assoċjazzjoni noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Manx
1 entries- commyn noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Middle English
1 entries- comunicacioun noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
Māori
4 entries- pāhonotanga noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
- tōpūtanga noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- tūhononga noun (act of associating)
- whakapiringa noun (act of associating)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- shama noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- assosiasjon noun (act of associating)
- forening noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- lag noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- assosiasjon noun (act of associating)
- foreining noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- انجمن noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- جمعیت noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- محفل noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Polish
4 entries- asocjacja noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
- asocjacja noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- skojarzenie noun (act of associating)
- skojarzenie noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
Portuguese
4 entries- associamento noun (act of associating)
- associação noun (act of associating)
- associação noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
- associação noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Romanian
4 entries- asociație noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
- asociație noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- asociere noun (act of associating)
- asociere noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
Russian
4 entries- ассоциа́ция noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- объедине́ние noun (act of associating)
- объедине́ние noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
- объедине́ние noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Sanskrit
1 entries- बन्धु noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- asocijácija noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- ȕdruga noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- асоција́ција noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- у̏друга noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Slovak
3 entries- asociácia noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- spolok noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- združenie noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Slovene
1 entries- združenje noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Spanish
2 entries- asociación noun (act of associating)
- asociación noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
Swedish
4 entries- association noun (act of associating)
- association noun (state of being associated; connection to or an affiliation with something)
- förbund noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- förening noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Tagalog
2 entries- asosasyon noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- kapisanan noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Tajik
4 entries- анҷуман noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- ассотсиатсия noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- бошгоҳ noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- ҷамъият noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Turkish
4 entries- birlik noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- camia noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- cemiyet noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- topluluk noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Ukrainian
4 entries- асоціа́ція noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- об'є́днання noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- спі́лка noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
- товари́ство noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Urdu
1 entries- اَنْجُمَنْ noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Uyghur
1 entries- جەمئىيىتى noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hiệp hội noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Welsh
1 entries- cymdeithas noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Zazaki
1 entries- cemiyet noun (group of persons associated for a common purpose)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The swimmer, Cindy Nicholas, barely made it ashore at Dover at the end of the exhausting swim, but a spokesman from the Channel Swimming Association announced that she was in very good shape.
Source: tatoeba (26395)
The association has excluded amateurs ever since its foundation.
Source: tatoeba (48703)
I applied for membership in the association.
Source: tatoeba (49184)
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