Association may refer to:

Types of groups of people

  • Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal
  • Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry
  • Voluntary association, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose, usually as volunteers
  • Non profit association, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose without any profit interest
  • Collaboration, the act of working together
  • Professional association, typically nonprofit organization seeking to further a particular profession

Topics in various fields of study

  • Association (archaeology), the close relationship between objects or contexts.
  • Association (astronomy), combined or co-added group of astronomical exposures
  • Association (chemistry)
  • Association (ecology), a type of ecological community
  • Genetic association, when one or more genotypes within a population co-occur
  • Association (object-oriented programming), defines a relationship between classes of objects
  • Association (psychology), a connection between two or more concepts in the mind or imagination
  • Association (statistics), a statistical relationship between two variables
  • File association, associates a file with a software application
  • Security association, the establishment of security attributes between two communication networks

Particular entities

  • Association of Mary, Queen of Scots, and James VI, a plan for the conjoint rule in Scotland of Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI.
  • Continental Association, often called the "Association", an economic boycott during the American Revolution
  • HMS Association (1697), a Royal Navy ship which sank in 1707
  • L'Association, a French comic book publisher
  • The Association, an American soft rock band
  • The Association (album), 1969

See also

  • Associate (disambiguation)
  • Free association (disambiguation)
  • Associative property in mathematics
  • Interpersonal relationship
  • Friendship
  • Association football
  • Registered association (Germany) (An eingetragener Verein)