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alliance

Pronunciation: /əˈlaɪ.əns/

The English word “alliance” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The state of being allied.
  2. The act of allying or uniting.
  3. A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
  4. Marriage.
  5. Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
  6. The persons or parties allied.
  7. Synonym of cohort (“group of orders of organisms”).

verb

  1. To connect or unite by alliance; to ally.

Etymology

From Middle English alliaunce, from Old French aliance (French alliance). Equivalent to ally + -ance. Compare with Doric Greek ἁλία (halía, “assembly”). See also al-.

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