Bloc

//blɒk// name, noun

name, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.

    "But a huge bloc of non-Hispanic white residents without bachelor’s degrees — 72 percent of the population age 25 or older — has turned the 7th District into Republican turf."

  2. 2
    a group of countries in special alliance wordnet
  3. 3
    A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance.

    "military bloc"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Bloc Québécois Canada

Synonyms

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allianceassemblageassociateassociationaxisaxis

Example

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"I would like to stress that it is more convenient to control tariffs as a bloc rather than country by country."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bloc (“group, block”), ultimately of Old Dutch origin, from Frankish or Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”). Doublet of block.

Etymology 2

Diminutive of Bloc Québécois.

Related phrases

Atlantic blocEastern BlocSoviet BlocWestern Blocblack blocbloc chipbloc partypadded bloctrade blocbloc québécoiseuropean union

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