Alliance - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |əˈlaɪəns|  American pronunciation of the word alliance
Brit.  |əˈlaɪəns|  British pronunciation of the word alliance

noun

- the state of being allied or confederated (syn: confederation)
- a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest (syn: bond)
the shifting alliances within a large family
- an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty (syn: alignment, alinement, coalition)
- a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim
- the act of forming an alliance or confederation (syn: confederation)

Extra examples

We need to form a closer alliance between government and industry.

There has been a pattern of shifting alliances in the political world.

The article condemns what some say is an unholy alliance between government and media.

There is disagreement within the alliance about how to deal with this problem.

Britain's military alliance with her NATO partners

The companies have formed an alliance to market the product.

International Cooperative Alliance

The government decided to join a defensive alliance with several other nations.

...these pocket-size states had formed an alliance to deter potential aggressors...

He loved to strengthen his family by a good alliance.

In 1776 the United States forged an alliance with France.

Relief workers in alliance with local charities are trying to help the victims.

The United Peace Alliance had only a tenuous connection with the organized Labour movement.

Reagan's presidency may prove to have been the high watermark of the US-Israeli alliance.

He sent ambassadors to negotiate an equal alliance with the Chinese Empire.

Word forms

noun
singular: alliance
plural: alliances
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