associations
- 1Plural of association.
The old house stirred up warm associations from her childhood.
Several trade associations lobbied against the proposed tariffs.
Note
Only some meanings of association can be counted, and this form belongs to those. The uncountable act of associating has no plural. The countable senses do: connections and affiliations (warm associations from childhood), organized bodies (trade associations), and statistical dependencies between measured quantities. In the Philippines it also names the benevolent overseas Chinese organizations that bring together people who share a surname, home region, location or trade.
associations is a form of association
association, noun: A group of people organized for a common purpose, such as a trade body, club, or society. Full entry
- Forms
- associationassociations plural
- Spelling
- association → associations: add -s
Use it in a sentence
Write your own sentence with associations, and AI will tell you whether it fits and which meaning you used.