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Association Pronunciation
Association is pronounced uh-soh-see-AY-shuhn, IPA /əˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/.
uh-soh-see-AY-shuhn
US /əˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/ · UK /əˈsəʊsɪˈeɪʃən/
Syllables: uh · soh · see · AY · shuhn (5 syllables, stress on syllable 4)
noun: An organised group of people with a shared purpose, or a link between two things.
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Association in a Sentence
- The residents' association meets on the first Monday.
- There is a clear association between sleep and recovery.
- He joined the association the year it was founded.
Common Mispronunciations of Association
Not uh-SOH-see-ay-shuhn
Stretching the word to five beats drags the punch to AY, so the peak sits two places further back than it does in associate.
Not uh-soh-shuh-AY-shuhn
The ci pair holds a beat of its own, see, between the soh and the ay. Collapsing it into a shuh costs the word a syllable.
Tip: Both uh-soh-see-AY-shuhn and uh-soh-shee-AY-shuhn are in wide use, and the sh form is the older of the two in British speech.
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