association
part of speech
noun (an association, associations)
meaning for a pupil
1) An association is a group of people who join together for a shared purpose, like a club or society. tree →
2) An association is a link or connection in your mind between two things. tree →
3) Association is being connected with someone or something. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life: a football association, parents' association, residents' association. In English and psychology: word associations (sun → hot). In science and maths: an association (link) between two sets of data in a graph. Phrase: «in association with».
examples
- Another association between language, mouth, and genitals, though the connection (if any) with the SY is unclear, is found in the idiom עָרְלַת שְׂפָתַיִם ʽorlat sefatayim ‘uncircumcised of lips’, probably meaning one who is unskilled in speech, e.g. [Exodus 6:12]. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- Mum is in the school parents' association. tree →
- The football association sets the rules of the game. tree →
- The smell of pine has an association with Christmas for me. tree →
- The graph shows an association between height and shoe size. tree →
- The show was made in association with the zoo. tree →
- We played a word association game. tree →
- It was her especial duty to protect the state and all peaceful associations of mankind, which she possessed the power of defending when occasion required. tree →
note
Plural: associations. Verb: associate. In data, an association does not prove that one thing causes the other.
Trees and pragmatics
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