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[ blok ] / blɒk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bloc ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna group of persons, businesses, etc., united for a particular purpose. a group of legislators, usually of both major political parties, who vote together for some particular interest: the farm bloc. a group of nations that share common interests and usually act in concert in international affairs: the Soviet bloc. Origin of blocFrom French, dating back to 1900–05; see origin at block SYNONYMS FOR bloccoalition. SEE SYNONYMS FOR bloc ON THESAURUS.COM WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH blocbloc , blockWords nearby blocBLM, bloat, bloated, bloater, blob, bloc, Blocadren, Bloch, Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome, block, blockade Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for blocTwo years later, he had released all Soviet dissidents from prison and was beginning to loosen the reins on Soviet bloc countries. How the Fall of the Berlin Wall Radicalized Putin|Masha Gessen|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Bloc voting for allies, and totally blanking your political foes, became the norm. Why Russia Hates The Bearded Lady: The Hairy Politics of Eurovision|Tim Teeman|May 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST If this bloc of millions of Palestinians cannot vote, that will be an apartheid state. Exclusive: Kerry Warns Israel Could Become ‘An Apartheid State’|Josh Rogin|April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST But did The Hague just witness the emergence of a new bloc to bloc rivalry, triggered by events in the Ukraine? The West Can Ally Against Russia But It Needs Global Cooperation|Bruce Jones|March 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 1945, the place housed captured Nazis but by 1948 most of its prisoners were Soviet bloc spies. What Cold War CIA Interrogators Learned from the Nazis|Annie Jacobsen|February 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST The export to the Soviet bloc of many other items is subject to limitations as to quantities permitted to be shipped. East-West Trade Trends|Harold E. Stassen The French Socialists were returned with important majorities, and the Bloc found itself stronger than ever before. The War Upon Religion|Rev. Francis A. Cunningham Instead, the Sino-Soviet bloc had again shifted the world's attention to Africa. Hail to the Chief|Gordon Randall Garrett Only $98 of the total went to Communist China, all the rest to the European bloc. East-West Trade Trends|Harold E. Stassen But the whole are really a bloc, the continental sense of which is rather different from our "block." A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1|George Saintsbury
British Dictionary definitions for bloc
nouna group of people or countries combined by a common interest or aimthe Soviet bloc Word Origin for blocC20: from French: block Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to blocassociation, faction, league, ring, alliance, cabal, confederation |