Allied forces or troops are armies from different countries who are fighting on the same side in a war.
...the approaching Allied forces.
They're backed by allied warplanes and tanks.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Allied countries, troops, or political parties are united by a political or military agreement.
...forces from three allied nations.
...a think-tank allied to the right wing of the Democratic Party.
[Also + to]
Synonyms: united, joined, linked, related More Synonyms of allied
3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
If one thing or group is alliedto another, it is related to it because the two things have particular qualities orcharacteristics in common.
...lectures on subjects allied to health, beauty and fitness. [+ to/with]
Only now have doctors, and allied medical professionals, come to appreciate this.
4. adjective
Something that is alliedto another thing occurs with the other thing.
[formal]
He possessed a raw energy allied to a feeling of something special. [+ to]
...a disastrous rise in interest rates allied with a stock market slump. [+ with]
More Synonyms of allied
allied in British English
(əˈlaɪd, ˈælaɪd)
adjective
1.
joined, as by treaty, agreement, or marriage; united
2.
of the same type or class; related
Allied in British English
(ˈælaɪd)
adjective
of or relating to the Allies
allied in American English
(əˈlaɪd; also, esp. for 3, ˈælˌaɪd)
adjective
1.
united by kinship, treaty, agreement, etc.
2.
closely related
Danish and Swedish are allied languages
3. [A-]
of the Allies
SIMILAR WORDS: reˈlated
Word origin
see ally
Examples of 'allied' in a sentence
allied
While we cannot totally avoid such threats, Estonia has a strong public support to allied troops.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
On the road to the town lie the burnt remnants of tanks and armoured cars targeted by the allied aircraft.
The Sun (2011)
They were trained by Allied forces to clear shipping lanes by hunting out mines.
The Sun (2008)
They were rescued at the end of the war by Allied forces.
Kishlansky, Mark A. (editor) Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 1: From the Beginningto 1715 (1995)
For three days his team discussed the terms with Allied military officers.
The Sun (2014)
It depicts an Italian woman embracing an Allied soldier in gratitude.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A battalion of Allied soldiers just half a mile away was unable to help because of the ferocity of the fighting.
The Sun (2008)
As she tried to charm him into letting her cross all the same, Allied aircraft attacked the bridge.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Oxford Street when a message came through that an army dispatch rider was bringing a special disc from the headquarters of the commander of the allied forces.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
As we drove through remote and untouched mountain villages, we were the first Allied soldiers they had seen.
Alan Whicker Whicker's War
The books were built around interviews with soldiers, including the two most prominent Allied military commanders of the war.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They lived off the land where possible, but also on supplies dropped by Allied air forces or captured from the enemy.
Thackrah, J. R. Twentieth Century History - Basic Facts (1985)
In other languages
allied
British English: allied ADJECTIVE
Allied forces or troops are armies from different countries who are fighting on the same side in a war.