"association" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "association",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "associations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I don't see any association between what happened to you and what happened to me."
        },
        {
          "text": "I suspect there is an association between the weather and the number who are sick."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An association is a way that two things are similar, belong together, or are connected or related."
      ],
      "id": "simple-association-en-noun-G4KrjLt0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The NBA stands for the \"National Basketball Association.\""
        },
        {
          "text": "I have been a member of the American Psychological Association and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association."
        },
        {
          "text": "All the teachers were at an association meeting."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An association is a group of people who have a common goal or interest."
      ],
      "id": "simple-association-en-noun-X38sE1ED",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm afraid your association with those wild people will get you in trouble."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Association is the when you associate (spend time with certain people)."
      ],
      "id": "simple-association-en-noun-Mg7GVrxs",
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-association.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "association"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "association",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "associations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I don't see any association between what happened to you and what happened to me."
        },
        {
          "text": "I suspect there is an association between the weather and the number who are sick."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An association is a way that two things are similar, belong together, or are connected or related."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The NBA stands for the \"National Basketball Association.\""
        },
        {
          "text": "I have been a member of the American Psychological Association and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association."
        },
        {
          "text": "All the teachers were at an association meeting."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An association is a group of people who have a common goal or interest."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm afraid your association with those wild people will get you in trouble."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Association is the when you associate (spend time with certain people)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-association.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "association"
}