alliance
Meanings
Plural: alliances
Noun
- the state of being allied or confederated
- a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
- "the shifting alliances within a large family"
- an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
- 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
- The state of being allied.
- The act of allying or uniting.
- A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
- A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
- Marriage.
- Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
- The persons or parties allied.
- Synonym of cohort (“group of orders of organisms”).
Verb
- To connect or unite by alliance; to ally.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English alliaunce, from Old French aliance (French alliance). Equivalent to ally + -ance. Compare with Doric Greek ἁλία (halía, “assembly”).
Synonyms
affinity, alignment, alinement, allyship, bond, coalition, cohort, confederation, connection, league, team, union
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
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