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alliance¹
- /əˈlaɪ.əns/ US, UK
Rhymes with -aɪəns
Where it comes from
From Middle English alliaunce, from Old French aliance (French alliance). Equivalent to ally + -ance. Compare with Doric Greek ἁλία (halía, “assembly”). See also al-.
noun alliances · alliaunce
- The state of being allied.
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The act of allying or uniting.
Similar: union
- A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league. matrimonial alliances
- Marriage.
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Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
And as for kindred , there is no Alliance neerer vnto any one, than their Countrey , that is to be vnto vs another God, and our prime and deareſt Parent.
Similar: connection, affinity, union, allyship
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The persons or parties allied.
Similar: coalition, league, confederation, team, axis
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Synonym of cohort (“group of orders of organisms”).
Similar: cohort
verb alliances · alliancing · allianced · alliaunce
- To connect or unite by alliance; to ally.
Alliance²
proper noun
- A former unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States, now incorporated into the city of Arcata.
- An unincorporated community in Madison County, Indiana, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Box Butte County, Nebraska, United States.
- A town in Pamlico County, North Carolina, United States.
- A city situated mostly in Stark County, Ohio, United States.
- A master planned community in Denton County and Tarrant County, Texas, United States.
- A village in central Alberta, Canada.
- A town in Suriname, on the banks of the Suriname River.
- Ellipsis of Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
- The alliance in the 1980s between the SDP and the Liberal Party, precursor of the Liberal Democrats.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: coalition, confederation, bond, alignment, alinement, ally, league, partnership, allied, partnering, joint, federal, bloc, federation, association, grouping
Translations
Every language
noun union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc.
| 中文 | 聯盟 /联盟 liánméng, 結盟 /结盟 jiéméng |
|---|---|
| Français | alliance |
| עברית | ברית brit |
noun treaty between nations
| 中文 | 同盟 tóngméng, 邦聯 /邦联 bānglián, 聯盟 /联盟 liánméng |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | संधि sandhi, गठबंधन gaṭhbandhan |
| Português | aliança |
| Français | alliance |
| Deutsch | Allianz, Bündnis |
| Italiano | trattato |
| Ελληνικά | συμμαχία symmachía |
| Română | alianță |
| Русский | сою́з sojúz, алья́нс alʹjáns |
| العربية | تَحَالُف taḥāluf, حِلْف ḥilf |
| עברית | ברית brit |
noun state of being allied
| Español | alianza |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 동맹 dongmaeng |
| 日本語 | 同盟 dōmei, アライアンス araiansu |
| 中文 | 同盟 tóngméng |
| हिन्दी | गठबंधन gaṭhbandhan, इत्तिहाद ittihād |
| Kiswahili | fungamano |
| Português | aliança |
| Français | alliance |
| Deutsch | Allianz, Zusammenschluss, Verbund, Bund, Bündnis |
| Italiano | alleanza |
| Ελληνικά | συμμαχία symmachía |
| Română | alianță |
| Русский | сою́з sojúz, алья́нс alʹjáns |
| Tiếng Việt | đồng minh |
| العربية | تَحَالُف taḥāluf, اِتِّحَاد ittiḥād, اِتِّفَاق ittifāq |
| עברית | בְּרִית brit |
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