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alliance /əˈlʌɪəns /noun1A union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations: a defensive alliance between Australia and New Zealand divisions within the alliance...- There is a new openness by unions today to building alliances with community-based organizations and churches.
- They would also benefit from alliances with community groups and other unions in putting pressure on their employer.
- The council and the chamber should further seek alliances with such organisations as the tourism association for new ideas.
Synonyms association, union, league, treaty, pact, compact, entente, concordat; bloc, confederation, federation, confederacy, coalition, consortium, combine, syndicate, affiliation, partnership; fraternity, brotherhood, sorority, team, ring, society, club, guild, group, organization 1.1A relationship based on similarity of interests, nature, or qualities: an alliance between medicine and morality...- Monica says she's looking forward to expanding her public and private client base through her alliance with Noctor.
- Here, his political background is left out, as is the nature of his criminal alliance with Tom.
- Instead, Lovejoy recommends that practitioners develop alliances and become relationship managers.
Synonyms relationship, affinity, association, connection, closeness, kinship, propinquity 1.2 [mass noun] The state of being joined or associated: his party is in alliance with the Greens...- Clive points me to the old Muslim Association of Britain website, dating from the days before it was in alliance with the Socialist Workers Party.
- Apparently the UK went to war in alliance with the US ‘to make our country safer’.
- For all the US's military and economic advantages, its power is enhanced when it acts in alliance with other countries.
1.3 Ecology A group of closely related plant associations.As crystalline organization grows, the alliance builds and greater numbers of combinations of essences can be taken....- In practice, the levels of the alliance and/or association are the most often used, particularly in vegetation mapping.
- I have been working on the origin and evolution of the woody sow-thistle alliance in the Macaronesian islands.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French aliance, from alier 'to ally' (see ally1). Rhymesappliance, compliance, defiance, misalliance, neuroscience, reliance, science |