ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does association football mean? 

• ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL (noun)
  The noun ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL has 1 sense:

1. a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal

  Familiarity information: ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

association football; soccer

Hypernyms ("association football" is a kind of...):

football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)

Meronyms (parts of "association football"):

headshot (an attempt to put the soccer ball into the net by using the head)

Domain member category:

header ((soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head)

goal-kick ((association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line)

place-kicking; place kick ((sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking)

free kick ((soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team)

own goal ((soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending)

dribble; dribbling (the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks)

goalmouth ((sports) the area immediately in front of the goal)

net (a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey))

cup final (the final match of any cup competition (such as the annual final of the English soccer competition at Wembley))

winger ((sports) player in wing position)