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Association may refer to:

• 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

Association 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

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