association
gb/əsˌoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/ us/əsˌoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/
B1
อังกฤษ
~ 800
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
B1
entity
1
An organized group of people
A group of people who work together for the same goal or interest.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone] joins [an association]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'association' with 'company'; however, an association is usually non-profit and focused on shared interests rather than commercial profit.
คำพ้องความหมาย
organization (More general; can refer to any structured group, not necessarily with members sharing a specific interest.)
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society (Often used for cultural, academic, or charitable associations.)
คำตรงข้าม
individual (Refers to a single person acting alone, the opposite of a group.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
professional association
|trade association
|members of the association
|join the association
หัวข้อ
organizations
|business
|community
|relationships
|work
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- She joined a local writers' association to meet other authors.
- The association held its annual conference in New York.
- Membership in the association provides many networking opportunities.
- The teachers' association is negotiating for better pay.
- He is the president of the neighborhood association.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I am part of a sports association.
- The music association meets every month.
- She works for a student association.
- Our city has a cultural association.
คำนาม
B2
relation
2
A link between ideas or things
A thought or image that comes to mind when you think about something else.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone] makes an association between [something] and [something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may confuse 'association' (a mental link) with 'memory'; an association is not always a remembered event but can be an abstract connection.
คำพ้องความหมาย
connection (A general term for a link; can be physical or abstract.)
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link (Often used interchangeably but may sound less formal in some contexts.)
คำตรงข้าม
disconnection (Refers to the absence of a link or relationship.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
strong association
|immediate association
|direct association
|make an association
หัวข้อ
psychology
|thinking
|education
|communication
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- For many people, the smell of cinnamon has a strong association with Christmas.
- I have fond associations with my childhood home.
- Her name has an unfortunate association with scandal.
- The study found a clear association between exercise and improved mood.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- This song has a happy association for me.
- I have a strong association between summer and ice cream.
- The smell has an association with my grandmother's house.
คำนาม
technical
C1
relation
3
Statistical relationship between variables
When two or more things happen together in a way that can be measured, often in studies or research.
รูปแบบการใช้:
an association between [variable] and [variable]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may confuse 'association' with 'cause'; in statistics, an association does not prove that one thing causes another.
คำพ้องความหมาย
correlation (Commonly used synonym in statistics; may imply different strengths and types of relationships.)
คำตรงข้าม
independence (In statistics, refers to no relationship between variables.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
positive association
|negative association
|statistical association
|significant association
หัวข้อ
science
|statistics
|technology
ตัวอย่าง
- The researchers found an association between smoking and lung disease.
- There is a negative association between stress levels and sleep quality.
- No significant association was observed in the control group.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The study shows an association between eating fruit and good health.
- There is an association between age and income in this data.
ไวยากรณ์
รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
association
IPA
GB/əsˌoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/
US/əsˌoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
as - so - ci - ation (4 พยางค์)
Stress on 4th syllable (ation)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: association
- Plural: association, associations
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
associations
noun
Core family
associate
verb B1
Related words
associative
adjective
Negative and opposite forms
disassociate
verb
disassociation
noun
Advanced or less common
dissociate
verb
dissociation
noun
วลีและสำนวน
by association
1/bˈaɪ əsˌoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
Because of a connection to something else
Because you are connected to something or someone else in some way.
ตัวอย่าง
- He wasn't directly involved, but he was punished by association.
- Her reputation suffered by association with the corrupt official.
guilt by association
1/ɡˈɪlt bˈaɪ əsˌoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/
idiom
Unfair blame due to connection
When someone is blamed because they know or are connected to someone who did something wrong.
ตัวอย่าง
- He argued that he was a victim of guilt by association.
- The article warns against guilt by association in politics.
guilt by association
2/ɡˈɪlt bˈaɪ əsˌoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/
idiom
Blame due to someone's connections
When people think you did something wrong just because you know someone who did it.
ตัวอย่าง
- He was accused through guilt by association, even though he wasn't involved.
- Guilt by association is not fair in a court of law.