- alliance
- nounADJECTIVE▪ broad▪
The organization is a broad alliance of many different groups.
▪ grand▪ close▪ powerful, strong▪ fragile, loose, uneasy▪a loose alliance of opposition groups
▪The uneasy alliance between such different people just cannot last.
▪ shifting▪the shifting alliances among the various political groups
▪ formal, informal▪ strategic, working▪ unholy▪an unholy alliance between the Fascists and the Communists
▪ unlikely▪ temporary▪ global, transatlantic, Western▪ defensive, military▪ electoral (esp. BrE), political▪ opposition▪ marriageVERB + ALLIANCE▪ have▪They have alliances with other companies.
▪ seek▪ announce▪ build, build up, create, develop, enter into, establish, forge, form, make, strike up▪The government has tried to forge alliances with environmentalists.
▪ join▪Seven more countries have been invited to join the alliance.
▪ cement, strengthen▪The marriage was meant to cement the alliance between the two countries.
▪To cement the alliance with England, Charles married Margaret, sister of the English king.
▪ maintain▪ seekPREPOSITION▪ in alliance with▪The government, in alliance with the army, has decided to ban all public meetings for a month.
▪ alliance against▪old alliances against enemies that no longer exist
▪ alliance between▪an alliance between the USSR and India
▪ alliance with▪an alliance with China
PHRASES▪ alliance of convenience▪It was an alliance of convenience, not of conviction.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
