Bloc

Definitions

1. Bloc Québécois
   Canada
2. A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.
3. A group of countries or people that share the same interest or aims and usually act together.
4. A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance.
5. a group of nations etc who have an interest or purpose in common. the European trade bloc. Blok كُتْلَةٌ блок bloco blok der (politische) Block blok συνασπισμός χωρών κτλ. με κοινά συμφέροντα bloque blokk اتحادیه؛ بلوک ryhmittymä bloc גוּש מדִינוֹת समूहों या राष्ट्रों का गुट politički blok tömb blok blokk, samtök blocco 圏 (특정 목적을 가지고 결성되는) 연합, 블록, 권(圈) blokas bloks; apvienība blok blokblokkblok ډله ،بلاک bloco bloc блок blok blok blok block, sammanslutning กลุ่มประเทศ blok 集團，陣營 блок, об'єдна...
   etc
6. A group of nations, parties, or persons united for common action: the Communist bloc.
7. An often bipartisan coalition of legislators acting together for a common purpose or interest: the farm bloc in the US Senate.
8. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a group of people or countries combined by a common interest or aim: the Soviet bloc.
9. a group of persons, businesses, etc., united for a particular purpose, esp. a group of legislators of different parties who vote together for some interest.
10. a group of nations that share common interests and usu. act in concert in international affairs: the former Soviet bloc.
11. An association, especially of nations for a common cause:alliance, Anschluss, cartel, coalition, confederacy, confederation, federation, league, organization, union.
12. A group of individuals united in a common cause:cartel, coalition, combination, combine, faction, party, ring.
13. n (Pol) → Block m
    n

Equivalents

Examples

“But a huge bloc of non-Hispanic white residents without bachelor’s degrees — 72 percent of the population age 25 or older — has turned the 7th District into Republican turf.”

“How that impacts Asia’s most stable democracy will become⟳ clearer only in the weeks ahead. Sunday’s vote⟳ was a mid-term election for the less powerful, upper house of the legislature. And the Sanseito party, while surging, is still only the fourth-largest bloc in that chamber.”

“military bloc”

“trading bloc”

“Like⟳ the iPod and MySpace, the BRICS bloc is a product of the benign optimism of the 2000s.”

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