ALLIANCE

confederation, alliance

(noun) the act of forming an alliance or confederation

alliance

(noun) a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim

alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement

(noun) an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

alliance, bond

(noun) a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest; “the shifting alliances within a large family”; “their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them”

alliance, confederation

(noun) the state of being allied or confederated

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Alliance

A former unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States, now incorporated into the city of Arcata.

An unincorporated community in Madison County, Indiana, United States.

A city, the county seat of Box Butte County, Nebraska, United States.

A town in Pamlico County, North Carolina, United States.

A city situated mostly in Stark County, Ohio, United States.

A master planned community in Denton County and Tarrant County, Texas, USA.

A village in central Alberta, Canada.

A town in Suriname, on the banks of the Suriname River.

(UK politics) The alliance in the 1980s between the SDP and the Liberal Party, precursor of the Liberal Democrats.

Anagrams

• ancillae, canaille

Etymology

Noun

alliance (countable and uncountable, plural alliances)

(uncountable) The state of being allied.

(countable) The act of allying or uniting.

(countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc, especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.

(countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.

(with the definite article) The persons or parties allied.

Synonyms

• (union by relationship in qualities): connection, affinity, union, allyship

• (act of allying): union

• (persons or parties allied): coalition, league, confederation, team (informal)

Verb

alliance (third-person singular simple present alliances, present participle alliancing, simple past and past participle allianced)

(obsolete) To connect or unite by alliance; to ally.

Anagrams

• ancillae, canaille

Source: Wiktionary

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Al*li"ance, n. Etym: [OE. aliaunce, OF. aliance, F. alliance, fr. OF. alier, F. allier. See Ally, and cf. LL. alligantia.]

1. 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; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.

2. Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity. The alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel. C. J. Smith. The alliance . . . between logic and metaphysics. Mansel.

3. The persons or parties allied. Udall.

Syn.

– Connection; affinity; union; confederacy; confederation; league; coalition.

Al*li"ance, v. t.

Definition: To connect by alliance; to ally. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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