What does association mean?
Word: Association
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Association means a group of people who join together for a shared purpose. It can also mean a memory or feeling that one thing brings up because of another.
Synonyms: club, link
How do you spell association?
Syllables: as - so - ci - a - tion
Tricky part: The sound after asso is spelt with c, not s or sh: assosiation is a common slip.
Watch out for: assosiation, asociation
Memory tip: A soft c can sound like s, as in city and circle: association uses one straight after asso.
Association in a sentence
Example 1: My father is the secretary of our housing association.
Example 2: Doctors in the state formed an association to share new ideas.
Example 3: For me, the word holiday has a strong association with the beach at Brighton.
Fun Fact
In a word association game, one player says a word, such as rain, and the next says the first word it brings to mind, such as umbrella.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
noitsicaaos
a) assimilation
b) association
c) articulation
d) associating
Show answer
b) association. Count the vowels: two o's and two i's with a c, which only association has; associating has one o and needs a g.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) comittee
b) membarship
c) association
d) orgonisation
Show answer
c) association. Organisation has an a after the g, committee needs two m's and membership has an e, which leaves association.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The residents' associasion planted fifty trees along the main road last monsoon.
a) residents'
b) planted
c) associasion
d) monsoon
Show answer
c) associasion. Like the noun of most -ate verbs, it ends in tion.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: association
a) society
b) stadium
c) museum
d) library
Show answer
a) society. A society is a group of people who share an interest, just like an association.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Football's full name is association football. Which word for the game grew out of it?
a) soccer
b) cricket
c) rugby
d) hockey
Show answer
a) soccer
2. 'I have a strong association between rain and hot soup.' Here association means ____.
a) a family recipe
b) a written rule
c) a link in the mind
d) a club of cooks
Show answer
c) a link in the mind
