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Alliance
//əˈlaɪ.əns// name, noun, verb
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Proper Noun
- 1 A former unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States, now incorporated into the city of Arcata.
- 2 An unincorporated community in Madison County, Indiana, United States.
- 3 A city, the county seat of Box Butte County, Nebraska, United States.
- 4 A town in Pamlico County, North Carolina, United States.
- 5 A city situated mostly in Stark County, Ohio, United States.
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- 6 A master planned community in Denton County and Tarrant County, Texas, United States.
- 7 A village in central Alberta, Canada.
- 8 A town in Suriname, on the banks of the Suriname River.
- 9 Ellipsis of Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. Northern-Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- 10 The alliance in the 1980s between the SDP and the Liberal Party, precursor of the Liberal Democrats. UK, historical
Noun
- 1 The state of being allied. uncountable
- 2 the act of forming an alliance or confederation wordnet
- 3 The act of allying or uniting. countable
- 4 a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim wordnet
- 5 A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league. countable
"matrimonial alliances"
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- 6 an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty wordnet
- 7 A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.; Marriage. India, countable, dated, uncountable
- 8 a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest wordnet
- 9 Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity. countable
"And as for kindred , there is no Alliance neerer vnto any one, than their Countrey , that is to be vnto vs another God, and our prime and deareſt Parent."
- 10 the state of being allied or confederated wordnet
- 11 The persons or parties allied. countable, uncountable
- 12 Synonym of cohort (“group of orders of organisms”). countable, dated, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To connect or unite by alliance; to ally. obsolete
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English alliaunce, from Old French aliance (French alliance). Equivalent to ally + -ance. Compare with Doric Greek ἁλία (halía, “assembly”).
Etymology 2
From Middle English alliaunce, from Old French aliance (French alliance). Equivalent to ally + -ance. Compare with Doric Greek ἁλία (halía, “assembly”).
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