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Meaning of alliance | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B2 Frequent
əˈlaɪ.əns

Definitions

  1. A former unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States, now incorporated into the city of Arcata.
  2. The state of being allied.
    uncountable
  3. wedding ring, wedding band
  4. to join by political agreement, marriage, friendship etc. Small countries must ally themselves with larger countries in order to survive. verbind يُحَالِف، يُصَاهِر съюзявам aliar-se spojit se (s) sich verbünden alliere; forene συμμαχώaliarse liituma متحد شدن liittoutua s'allier לָבוֹא בִּברִית עִם- गठबंधन करना udružiti se szövetkezik sekutu sameina, tengja allearsi 同盟する 동맹을 맺다 prisijungti, tapti sąjungininku apvienoties; noslēgt savienību menyertai verbindenforene, alliere sprzymierzać się ی...
    etc
  5. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Indiana, United States.
  6. The act of allying or uniting.
    countable
  7. political coalition
  8. a state, person etc allied with another. The two countries were allies at that time. bondgenoot حَلِيف съюзник aliado spojenec der/die Verbündete(r) allieret; forbundsfælle σύμμαχοςaliado liitlane هم پیمان liittolainen allié בַּעֲל בּרִית मित्र, सहबद्ध saveznici szövetséges bersekutu bandamaður; bandalagsaðili alleato 同盟国・者 동맹 sąjungininkas sabiedrotais bersekutu bondgenootalliert, forbundsfellesojusznik هم وعدی aliado aliat союзник spojenec zaveznik saveznik bundsförvant คนหรือประเทศที่อยู่ใ...
    etc
  9. A city, the county seat of Box Butte County, Nebraska, United States.
  10. A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
    countable
  11. covenant
  12. the alliance between Britain and France; The three countries entered into an alliance. alliansie حِلْف، تَحَالُف съюз aliança spojenectví das Bündnis alliance; forbund συμμαχίαalianza liit ائتلاف؛ اتحاد liitto allianceברית गठबंधन savez szövetség persekutuan bandalag alleanza 同盟 동맹 sąjunga savienība; alianse persekutuan bondgenootschapforbund, alliansesojusz اتحاد، ایتلاف aliança alianţă союз spojenectvo zveza savez förbund, allians พันธมิตร ittifak 聯盟 союз; альянс اتحاد khối đồng minh 联盟
  13. A town in Pamlico County, North Carolina, United States.
  14. Marriage.
    India, countable, dated, uncountable
  15. ark
  16. alianza, unión; acuerdo.
  17. A city situated mostly in Stark County, Ohio, United States.
  18. Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
    countable
  19. A close association of nations or other groups, formed to advance common interests or causes: an alliance of labor unions opposing the bill.
  20. A master planned community in Denton County and Tarrant County, Texas, United States.
  21. The persons or parties allied.
    countable, uncountable
  22. Synonym of cohort (“group of orders of organisms”).
    countable, dated, uncountable
  23. A connection based on kinship, marriage, or common interest; a bond or tie: the shifting alliances within a large family.
  24. A village in central Alberta, Canada.
  25. Close similarity in nature or type; affinity: the ancient alliance between mathematics and music.
  26. A town in Suriname, on the banks of the Suriname River.
  27. The act of becoming allied or the condition of being allied: the church, acting in alliance with community groups.
  28. Ellipsis of Alliance Party of Northern Ireland.
    Northern-Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  29. the act of allying or state of being allied; union; confederation
  30. The alliance in the 1980s between the SDP and the Liberal Party, precursor of the Liberal Democrats.
    UK, historical
  31. a formal agreement or pact, esp a military one, between two or more countries to achieve a particular aim

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca ittifaq
Беларуская саюз
Български алианс съюз
Català aliança
Čeština aliance svaz unie
Ελληνικά συμμαχία
Esperanto alianco
Español alianza
Eesti allianss liit
Français alliance
Gàidhlig càirdeas
עברית ברית
Magyar szövetség
Bahasa Indonesia persekutuan perserikatan
Íslenska bandalag
Italiano alleanza coalizione
Қазақша альянс одақ
한국어 동맹
Latina alligantia
Lietuvių sąjunga
Latviešu savienība
Македонски алијанса сојуз унија
Bahasa Melayu perikatan
မြန်မာဘာသာ မဟာမိတ်
Nederlands alliantie
Polski alians sojusz
Português aliados aliança
Română alianță
Русский альянс союз
Slovenčina zväz
Svenska allians
Kiswahili fungamano
తెలుగు అనుబంధము
Tagalog alyansa
Türkçe alyans ittifak
Українська альянс союз
Oʻzbekcha birlashma ittifoq
Tiếng Việt đồng minh

Examples

“matrimonial alliances”
“an alliance between church and state, or between two countries”
“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.”
“the alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel”
“the alliance […] between logic and metaphysics”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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