Alliance

Quick meaning: Alliance is a noun meaning (uncountable) The state of being allied.

Meaning

(uncountable) The state of being allied.

More Meanings

1. (countable) The act of allying or uniting.
2. (countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
3. (with the definite article) The persons or parties allied.
4. (taxonomy, dated) Synonym of cohort (“group of orders of organisms”).
5. (countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
6. (obsolete) To connect or unite by alliance; to ally.

Example Sentences

matrimonial alliances

the alliance […] between logic and metaphysics

an alliance between church and state, or welded by two countries

the alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel

Word Forms

• alliances
• alliaunce
• alliancing
• allianced

Synonyms for alliance

Depending on context, synonyms include connection, affinity, union, allyship, coalition, league.

Antonyms for alliance

Common opposites include nonalignment.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include coalition, confederation, bond, alignment, alinement, ally.

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