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alliance English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word alliance once they have reached the level B1 – Lower Intermediate. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning alliance meaning

What does alliance mean?

Definitions in simple English

alliance Noun

— An alliance is a form of partnership between two or more . An alliance can be in the form of a coalition. It can also be an agreement or a form of friendship. The alliance was between Germany and Russia.

alliance

— noun the state of being allied or confederated

— noun (= bond) 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

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

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

— noun (= confederation) the act of forming an alliance or confederation

Synonyms alliance synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as alliance?

alliance English » English

union

league

coalition

association

confederation

friendship

federation

confederacy

covenant

ally

treaty

alignment

agreement

society

partnership

organization

fellowship

combination

club

bond

bloc

affiliation

unity

pact

organisation

marriage

front

fraternity

cooperation

concord

combine

arrangement

alinement

accord

wedding

unite

unification

trade union

touch

tie-up

tie-in

tie

teamwork

syndicate

sympathy

swathe

support

supplement

submission

roller bandage

Topics alliance topics

What do people use alliance to talk about?

Social behavior

Relationships

• What words refer to the relationship itself?
  affiliation alliance bonding relationship relation association comradeship participation partnership interaction fellowship interpersonal relationship

Social behavior Behavior Do good to

Cooperate with

• What words refer to working together with someone to do something?
  cooperate with work together side-by-side jointly collaborate partnership alliance join together team up help each other

Examples alliance examples

How do I use alliance in a sentence?

Simple sentences

He argued for our forming the alliance with that nation.

France, Austria and Russia formed an alliance against Prussia.

The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, where an alliance of Germanic tribes defeated 3 Roman legions in 9 A.D., was one of the Roman Empire's most humiliating defeats.

Japan entered into an alliance with France just before the war.

Germany made an alliance with Italy.

Where's my alliance?

Movie subtitles

Try to forget me, and believe me, an alliance between us. would be our ruin.

I come to Egypt, to your city, to humbly offer an alliance, to strenghten us against our enemies.

The late king, your father, desired this alliance with France.

She points out that there are few families in this New Worid. suitable for an alliance, and she is right.

I trust you satisfied yourself we were worthy of the alliance.

Kazan terminate her alliance.

You see, Nepeya, just why I have to bring about this alliance.

I want it to be a suitable alliance.

This alliance may mean peace for England and Spain.

Queen Elizabeth was interested in this alliance.

And I'm sure that the people of my country will welcome this alliance.

Yes, she did it to strengthen the alliance between Spain and his country.

Once again, he's provoked a serious scandal and disrupted an important alliance.

I see. And when was this unholy alliance joined?

In your great wisdom, you have put aside all thought of a foreign alliance. however brilliant.

Form an alliance with Don Alejandro.

What could be stronger than a matrimonial alliance?

An alliance for the good of the state, my dear.

An alliance with those terrible people. Son, why did you do it?

Your party has a pact of alliance with the forces of reaction, now united against us, but tomorrow, when Rome is occupied, or liberated, as you say, do you think those monarchists will still be your allies?

Don't you approve of the alliance?

Alliance?

Buckingham is arranging an alliance with Spain with Austria and with Lorraine.

And when was this unholy alliance joined?

Our government in exile immediately concluded an alliance with His Britannic Majesty.

I was their prisoner until the alliance.

And, in conclusion, your grace, Would signalize the alliance. And guarantee everlasting peace and amity between England and France.

That you're against the alliance with Moscow.

If not us, the king will make an alliance with Islam Giray.

Alliance!

This alliance will help your people.

It would be unwise of you even to entertain the notion of an alliance with anyone but me.

This symbol of death which once guided us into conspiracy against the Great Khan, will again serve as a sign of our new alliance.

You knew that before you entered into this curious alliance.

Of the 750 intermediate-range ballistic missiles at present held by the Russians and targeted on the European countries of the NATO alliance, it is believed that a considerable number are liquid-fuelled and are stored above ground.

And we can form an alliance.

You propose an alliance?

Go ahead, marry, dear son. What a fine alliance!

Our alliance has ended.

I - Mavic Chen - will decide when the Alliance is at an end.

News and current affairs

For Poland and the other countries of East-Central Europe that have or are about to join NATO, membership in the Alliance didn't really require debate.

Though Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic revolution in 1979 disrupted Israel's old alliance with Iran, the two countries continued to conduct business with America's blessing.

Japan, in alliance with other Asian democracies, should be able to counterbalance China's growing power.

An Alliance of Civilizations?

Co-sponsored by Spain and Turkey, the Alliance of Civilizations initiative is not devoid of political calculation.

However vague, the alliance of civilizations idea certainly cannot do more harm than war against Islamic extremism.

Of course, the idea is held back by the inner workings of both parts of the proposed alliance.

Of course, the Alliance of Civilizations should not attempt to bridge differences by defending moral relativism.

For the Alliance of Civilizations to have any chance of success, the emphasis must be on reciprocity.

This inability to discuss, clearly and forthrightly, this strategic doctrine continues to hamper the Alliance.

Moscow's main strategic objective is the weakening or even roll-back of NATO as an Ant-Russian military alliance and the re-establishment of its East European and Central Asian zones of influence.

In proposing the creation of NAPU, we envision a specific plan to create a larger market by fostering an alliance between the three economies.

A New Holy Alliance?

The vested interests that the Alliance members - Austria, Prussia, and Russia - had in the survival of their domestic institutions led each to seek to avoid conflicts that, in the past, they would have pursued as a matter of course.

Moreover, the manner in which the Bush administration unveiled its withdrawal plan has weakened the credibility of the US-Korean alliance.

Once they resolve to continue their alliance with these purposes in mind, it should be possible for responsible officials to work out guiding principles for concrete security cooperation.

For this reason, the US came to preside over the alliance.

Based on that doubt, France - a nuclear power since 1960 - withdrew in 1966 from the Alliance's permanent centralized military command in order to assert its own deterrent capability.

A loose and somewhat confused project, the Alliance of Civilizations aims to heal the wounds of conflict between Islam and the West through education, viable integration policies, and a better-informed dialogue with the media.

NATO is a military alliance composed of 28 countries.