What is the meaning of Association?

The act of associating.

The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.

Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).

A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.

Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.

A benevolent overseas Chinese organization of popular origin for overseas Chinese individuals with the same surname or trade or business.

association

group of persons united for some purpose

association, society, group

partnership

association (of related terms, ideas etc.), combination

association

association (connecting in one's mind)

association (keeping company or (loose) contact with someone or something)

Source: wiktionary.org