alliance

  • 31alliance — (a li an s ) s. f. 1°   Acte par lequel on s allie. 2°   Union, confédération entre des États. Traité d alliance. Alliance offensive et défensive. •   Les Indes recherchent son alliance, BOSSUET Hist. I, 9. •   Après avoir fait alliance avec le… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 32alliance — I. Alliance, voyez en Allier. II. Alliance, Necessitas. Alliance entre aucuns, Foedus. Alliance par laquelle on s associe, Sociale foedus, Pactum foedus. Une alliance qu on ne tient pas, Pax infida, Foedus infidum. Alliance que deux personnages… …

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  • 33alliance — /euh luy euhns/, n. 1. the act of allying or state of being allied. 2. a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes. 3. a merging of efforts or interests by persons, families, states, or… …

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  • 34Alliance — /euh luy euhns/, n. a city in NE Ohio. 24,315. * * * I In international politics, a union for joint action of various powers or states. Examples include the alliance of the European powers and the U.S. against Germany and its allies during World… …

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  • 35alliance — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad ▪ The organization is a broad alliance of many different groups. ▪ grand ▪ close ▪ powerful, strong …

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  • 36alliance — n. 1) to enter into, form an alliance 2) to dissolve an alliance 3) a defense; military; political; unholy alliance 4) an alliance against; between; with (to form an alliance with one s neighbors against the common enemy) 5) an alliance to + inf …

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  • 37alliance — al|li|ance W3 [əˈlaıəns] n 1.) an arrangement in which two or more countries, groups etc agree to work together to try to change or achieve something alliance with ▪ Britain s military alliance with her NATO partners alliance between ▪ the… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 38alliance */*/ — UK [əˈlaɪəns] / US noun Word forms alliance : singular alliance plural alliances 1) [countable/uncountable] an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something alliance between …

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  • 39alliance — al|li|ance [ ə laıəns ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something: alliance between: an alliance between conservative Democrats and… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 40alliance — noun (C) 1 an arrangement in which two or more countries, groups etc agree to work together in order to try to change or achieve something (+ between): The alliance between students and factory workers in the 1960s (+ with): Britain s military… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English