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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
alliance
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a broad alliance/coalition
▪ The government was a broad alliance of eight political parties.
an uneasy alliance/relationship
▪ The government is based on an uneasy alliance between Christian Democrats and Socialists.
an unlikely alliance/coalition
▪ Once he resigned as president, the unlikely coalition of former enemies fell apart.
cement a relationship/alliance
▪ They want to cement a good working relationship between the government and trade unions.
contract a marriage/alliance etc (=agree to marry someone, form a relationship with them etc)
▪ Most of the marriages were contracted when the brides were very young.
forge a relationship/alliance/link etc (with sb)
▪ In 1776 the United States forged an alliance with France.
▪ The two women had forged a close bond.
▪ Back in the 1980s, they were attempting to forge a new kind of rock music.
loose federation/alliance/group etc
▪ a loose federation of political groups
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
close
▪ Kabbah's close link with them predictably alienated the army, driving it into an even closer alliance with the rebels.
▪ The Yugoslavs sought a close, opportunistic alliance with the national bourgeoisie of the colonial and semicolonial countries.
▪ The agreement is said to mark the beginning of a close strategic alliance between the two companies.
electoral
▪ Discussions took place between the two parties over a possible electoral alliance, but broke down in April.
▪ A further provision would have the effect of banning electoral alliances and coalitions.
formal
▪ Any such majority was now thought likely to depend on formal or informal alliances which might emerge from the current intense negotiations.
▪ Reservations about formal interdisciplinary alliances may be reflected in a reluctance to purchase compilations of papers delivered in an interdisciplinary symposium.
loose
▪ The Empire, a loose alliance of city-states and provinces owing allegiance to its Emperor, and the kingdom of Bretonnia.
▪ Some are loose alliances that use new technology to spread ideas and mobilise supporters.
▪ Both of the two main parties are loose federal alliances of local, state and regional organizations.
military
▪ He said this summer that the Warsaw Pact had to become a political rather than a military alliance.
▪ Tuesday, the three countries were invited to join the Western military alliance in 1999.
▪ The military alliance is offering a first prize of £130,000, as well as several runner-up prizes worth at least £60,000 each.
▪ For all these years we had this huge military alliance designed to thwart the dreaded Commies.
new
▪ February to June and September are powerful months for new alliances and relationships across the board.
▪ Around the country, the first tentative steps have been taken toward this new alliance.
▪ The new alliance will attempt to win the moral high ground from anti-abortion and antivivisection groups, he says.
▪ It also points to a developing new alliance between environmental activists and religion.
▪ Judith for her part sought security for Charles and herself in new alliances.
▪ Jan 16, 2001 A new alliance of major technology companies is being forged in Washington to address the problem of hacking.
▪ The new alliance will be looking for consensus among its members when developing its global policies.
political
▪ We should therefore seek evidence for long-distance exchange as indications of political alliances and the growth of centralised political organisation.
▪ He built a political alliance with his old college chum and fellow L. A. Democrat, Rep.
▪ Waechter has consistently refused political alliances with either left or right.
▪ In a world of shifting political alliances, it has always been true that where you stand depends on where you sit.
▪ Castells's interest in the politics of consumption and the political alliances surrounding consumption have, for example, been developed by Dunleavy.
▪ Despite the flux of political events some alliances of this kind proved surprisingly durable.
▪ On other occasions a high settlement has been desired as part of a strategy of political alliances.
strategic
▪ He went on to say that the solutions are diversification, restraint, restructuring and strategic alliances.
▪ Kodak is exploring either selling its copier unit or setting a joint venture or strategic alliance.
▪ A strategic alliance may take the form of an outright acquisition, minority stake, joint venture or brand franchise.
▪ You can form a series of strategic and productive alliances with people who have different specialties.
▪ The phone companies have invested in technologies and strategic alliances designed to enter the business.
▪ The agreement is said to mark the beginning of a close strategic alliance between the two companies.
▪ Turndal predicted future growth would come from product development, strategic partnerships, alliances and acquisitions.
uneasy
▪ Rothermere, a much bigger newspaper owner, supported Beaverbrook in uneasy alliance.
▪ Ironically, some eugenics leaders were uneasy about their alliance because they felt it could compromise their then-respectable public image.
unholy
▪ It was the potential in this unholy alliance that she feared.
▪ Smith particularly feared unholy alliances between business and government.
▪ An unholy alliance with other minorities to preserve ideological positions otherwise unacceptable to the electorate does not appeal as a noble enterprise.
western
▪ There appeared to be a man using her room to conduct the business of the Western nuclear alliance.
▪ Tuesday, the three countries were invited to join the Western military alliance in 1999.
▪ Ministers were as anxious as their predecessors to preserve Britain's privileged position in the Western alliance.
▪ It was also partly because of a sense of loyalty to the United States as leader of the Western alliance.
▪ The ensuing rows almost split the western alliance.
▪ Allies received attention in proportion to their contribution to the Western alliance.
■ NOUN
marriage
▪ With his friends and allies about him, a prince might discuss future strategy, consider marriage alliances, resolve disputes.
▪ The incident shows that force might still play some part in the creation of marriage alliances in the eleventh century.
▪ In addition, gifts would be required in any negotiations with foreign powers, especially if they culminated in a marriage alliance.
■ VERB
announce
▪ He has already started negotiations, and hopes to announce alliances next month.
▪ It also announced an alliance with Thomas Cook that could bring more customers to its website.
build
▪ I have continued to build up alliances with organisations prepared to pursue quality in architecture.
▪ They built alliances to win decent wages, decent working conditions.
▪ The combination of smoother style and slight changes of substance has allowed Britain to build different alliances on different topics.
▪ The tribal warfare between groups of chimps is both a cause and a consequence of the male tendency to build alliances.
▪ He built a political alliance with his old college chum and fellow L. A. Democrat, Rep.
▪ Most of what I did, the real work, was building alliances, coalitions, informal relationships to get things done.
cement
▪ To cement the alliance with Lombardy, Charles married Desiderata, the daughter of Desiderius.
create
▪ However, participants denied reports that the four planned to create an alliance modelled after the Group of Seven industrialized countries.
▪ Companies with more than 5, 000 employees nationwide could choose to insure their workers directly by creating their own corporate alliance.
▪ Similarly, primitive valuables may be paid by weaker groups to create alliances.
▪ Part of the reason we were selected was because of our ability to create manufacturing alliances with other companies.
enter
▪ Britain, like most other countries, has been entering treaties and alliances with other countries for hundreds of years.
forge
▪ Some dictators had been keen to forge triple alliances including foreign firms; other had kept them at arms' length.
▪ Clinton and Brown overcame early political tensions to forge their strong alliance.
▪ And, whereas King forged an alliance with the Democrats, Loury is a member of an exotic breed.
▪ Lowe wrote claiming that Sutton was trying to undermine him and forge an alliance with the Founders.
▪ We have already seen how pioneers of the ecological approach forged an alliance with specialists from the environmental sciences.
▪ Whatever their differences, they were able to forge alliances across their somewhat varying but broadly similar positions.
▪ He added Zeta to his realm in 1186, and forged a strong alliance between his state and the Church.
form
▪ You may need to form alliances for your ideas.
▪ They use cunning, and above all they form alliances.
▪ She was too fragile to form an alliance with large, strong, fully made Deborah.
▪ One way is to form an alliance with other small wineries and open a co-op tasting room.
▪ So the three political groups must now decide if they're to form alliances to push through some sort of compromise package.
▪ It also allows smaller countries to form alliances.
▪ The company would be interested in forming alliances to allow television companies use its lines to transmit information.
join
▪ After all, that is what happens whenever a state joins a multilateral alliance or economic community.
▪ Tuesday, the three countries were invited to join the Western military alliance in 1999.
seek
▪ Others will seek alliances with infotainment giants such as Microsoft or Disney to project their courses around the world.
▪ Kwasniewski, a deft politician, insists his policy is still to seek entry into the alliance.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an unholy alliance
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Apple and online provider service America Online formed an alliance.
▪ NATO is a formal military alliance with America at its head.
▪ the NATO alliance
▪ The two countries entered into a defensive alliance.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Instead, it has vaguely proposed some form of co-operation or alliance with Pirelli.
▪ Some are more easily drawn into a regional class alliance than others.
▪ These last two organizations are alliances of many of the organizations previously mentioned though they also tap new members.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alliance

Alliance \Al*li"ance\, n. [OE. aliaunce, OF. aliance, F. alliance, fr. OF. alier, F. allier. See Ally, and cf. LL. alligantia.]

  1. The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.

  2. Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.

    The alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel.
    --C. J. Smith.

    The alliance . . . between logic and metaphysics.
    --Mansel.

  3. The persons or parties allied.
    --Udall.

    Syn: Connection; affinity; union; confederacy; confederation; league; coalition.

Alliance

Alliance \Al*li"ance\, v. t. To connect by alliance; to ally. [Obs.]

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
alliance

c.1300, "bond of marriage" (between ruling houses or noble families), from Old French aliance (12c., Modern French alliance) "alliance, bond; marriage, union," from aliier (Modern French allier) "combine, unite" (see ally (v.)). As a bond or treaty between rulers, late 14c.

Wiktionary
alliance

n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state of being allied. 2 (context countable English) The act of allying or uniting. 3 (context countable English) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league. 4 (context countable English) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity. 5 (context with the definite article English) The persons or parties allied. vb. (context obsolete English) To connect or unite by alliance; to ally.

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WordNet
alliance

  1. n. the state of being allied or confederated [syn: confederation]

  2. 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" [syn: bond]

  3. an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty [syn: coalition, alignment, alinement] [ant: nonalignment]

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

  5. the act of forming an alliance or confederation [syn: confederation]

Gazetteer
Alliance, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska
Population (2000): 8959
Housing Units (2000): 4062
Land area (2000): 4.767735 sq. miles (12.348377 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.012236 sq. miles (0.031691 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.779971 sq. miles (12.380068 sq. km)
FIPS code: 00905
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 42.101382 N, 102.870272 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 69301
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Alliance, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
Population (2000): 781
Housing Units (2000): 304
Land area (2000): 2.005003 sq. miles (5.192933 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.005003 sq. miles (5.192933 sq. km)
FIPS code: 01000
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.143133 N, 76.815333 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Alliance, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio
Population (2000): 23253
Housing Units (2000): 9730
Land area (2000): 8.611823 sq. miles (22.304518 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.002385 sq. miles (0.006176 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 8.614208 sq. miles (22.310694 sq. km)
FIPS code: 01420
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 40.913358 N, 81.108094 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 44601
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Wikipedia
Alliance

An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called allies. Alliances form in many settings, including political alliances, military alliances, and business alliances. When the term is used in the context of war or armed struggle, such associations may also be called allied powers, especially when discussing World War I or World War II.

A formal military alliance is not required for being perceived as an ally— co-belligerence, fighting alongside someone, is enough. According to this usage, allies become so not when concluding an alliance treaty but when struck by war.

When spelled with a capital "A", the word "Allies" usually denotes the countries who fought together against the Central Powers in World War I (the Allies of World War I), or those who fought against the Axis Powers in World War II (the Allies of World War II). The term has also been used by the United States Army to describe the countries that gave assistance to the South Vietnamese during the Vietnam War.

More recently, the term "Allied forces" has also been used to describe the coalition of the Gulf War, as opposed to forces the Multi-National Forces in Iraq which are commonly referred to as "Coalition forces" or, as by the George W. Bush administration, "the coalition of the willing".

The Allies in World War I (also known as the Entente Powers) were initially the United Kingdom, France, the Russian Empire, Belgium, Serbia, Montenegro and Japan, joined later by Italy, Portugal, Romania, the United States, Greece and Brazil. Some, such as the Russian Empire, withdrew from the war before the armistice due to revolution or defeat by the Central Powers.

Alliance (New Zealand political party)

The Alliance was a left-wing political party in New Zealand. It was formed in 1991, and was influential in the 1990s, but has since declined and has no representation in Parliament. It suffered a major setback after Jim Anderton, the party's leader, left the party in 2002, taking several of the party's MPs. After the remaining MPs lost their seats in the 2002 election, some commentators predicted the demise of the party. The Alliance stood candidates in the 2005 election but won less than 1% of the party vote. The Alliance contested Auckland City Council elections under the City Vision banner, in concert with the New Zealand Labour Party and Green Party. The Alliance ran 15 electorate candidates and a total of 30 candidates on the party list in the 2008 election, increasing its party vote marginally from 2005. It was de-registered at the party's request on 26 May 2015.

Alliance (1905 automobile)

The Alliance was a short-lived French automobile manufactured in Paris from 1905 to 1908. Also known as the Aiglon, the marque had a similar radiator to that used on the Mass. The company listed an 18 hp four with Tony Huber engine in 1908; this car sold in England for £450.

Category:Brass Era vehicles Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of France

Alliance (Firefly)

The Alliance is a fictional corporate supergovernment in the Firefly franchise, a powerful authoritarian government and law-enforcement organization that controls the majority of territory within the known universe. Originally composed solely of a number of "core worlds", several years prior to the show's timeframe the Alliance fought the Unification War to bring all colonized worlds under its control. The Independent Faction or " Browncoats" wanted the outer worlds to remain autonomous and attempted to resist Alliance control. The war raged for several years, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides, until the Alliance emerged victorious. An armistice was signed between the Alliance and the Independent Faction, thus ending the war and securing Alliance control over the entirety of the system.

Alliance (Sweden)

The Alliance , formerly the Alliance for Sweden (Allians för Sverige), is a centre-right political alliance in Sweden.

The Alliance consists of the four centre-right political parties in the Riksdag. The Alliance was formed while in opposition, and later achieved a majority government in the 2006 general election and a minority government in the 2010 general election, governing Sweden from 2006 to 2014 with Fredrik Reinfeldt of the Moderate Party serving as Prime Minister of Sweden until the 2014 general election. The Alliance is co-chaired by every component party's individual leaders.

After defeat in 2014, the Moderate Party's parliamentary group leader Anna Kinberg Batra announced to the Riksdag that the political alliance now "will operate in opposition".

Alliance (basketball)

Alliance was an American basketball team based in Alliance, Ohio that was a member of the Central Basketball League. The team replaced the East Liverpool Potters for the final 10 games of the 1908/09 season going 0-10.

Alliance (1904 automobile)

The Alliance was made from 1904 to 1905 by Automobil- und Motorwerke Alliance Fischer & Abele, Berlin. They were powered by either 2- or 4-cylinder engines. Chassis and engines made by the company were often supplied to other factories as proprietary components.

Alliance (Saint Martin)

The Alliance is a political party in Saint Martin, led by Dominique Riboud. It won in the 1 July and 8 July 2007 Territorial Council elections despite 9.05% none out of 23 seats.

Category:Political parties in the Collectivity of Saint Martin

Alliance (DC Comics)

The Alliance is a fictional group of comic book extraterrestrials published by DC Comics. They first appeared in JLA/Haven: The Arrival #1 (January 2002), and were created by Ashley-Jayne Nicolaus, Matthew P. Schuster, and Ariel Olivetti.

Alliance (comics)

Alliance, in comics, may refer to:

  • Alliance (DC Comics), a group of fictional aliens
  • The Alliance (Image Comics), a 1995 3-issue mini-series from Image Comics

It may also refer to:

  • Alliance of Evil, a group of Marvel Comics supervillains
  • Hero Alliance, a series that have been published by a number of companies include Innovation Publishing
  • Rebel Alliance, a group from Star Wars that have appeared in the comic book adaptations
Alliance (band)

Alliance is an American Rock band formed in 1991 by Robert Berry, Alan Fitzgerald, David Lauser, and Gary Pihl. As of mid-2012, they have released five albums.

Alliance (sculpture)

Alliance is a sculpture in the centre of Cardiff, Wales, created by Paris installation artist Jean-Bernard Métais, from a concept by art critic Hervé-Armand Béchy. It consists of a large, partly enamelled, stainless steel arrow, and a hoop that glows in the dark. It was financed by the St David’s shopping centre as part of a £1.5m public art scheme in the city centre, and was unveiled on 3 December 2009.

Alliance (disambiguation)

An alliance is usually an agreement between two or more parties, made in order to advance common goals and to secure common interests. It can also mean that there is an affinity or similarity.

Types of alliances may include:

  • Airline alliance, an agreement between two or more airlines to cooperate on a substantial level
  • Business alliance, an agreement between two or more businesses to work together for common commercial ends
  • Military alliance, an agreement between two or more countries to fight a common opponent
  • Political alliance, an agreement for cooperation between different political parties on a common political agenda
  • Therapeutic alliance, the relationship between a healthcare professional and a client (or patient)

Alliance, Alliances or The Alliance may also refer to:

Alliance (biology)

In biology, an alliance is an informal grouping used in biological taxonomy. The term "alliance" is not a taxonomic rank defined in any of the nomenclature codes. It is used for any group of species or genera to which authors wish to refer, that have at some time provisionally been considered to be closely related.

The term is often used for a group that authors are studying in further detail in order to refine the complex taxonomy. For example, a molecular phylogenetics study of the Aerides–Vanda Alliance (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae) confirmed that the group is monophyletic, and clarified which species belong in each of the 14 genera. In other orchid groups, the various alliances that have been defined do not correspond well to clades.

Alliance (eSports)

Alliance is a professional gaming and esports organization based in Sweden that was formed in April 2013. They have teams in Dota 2 and the Super Smash Bros. series, and formerly had teams in League of Legends and StarCraft II.

The organization is a subsidiary of GoodGame Agency along with Evil Geniuses, which is in turn owned by video game streaming site Twitch.tv.

The Alliance Dota 2 team won The International 2013, then the largest single prize money payout in esports history.

Alliance (New Zealand)

Alliance (New Zealand) may refer to:

  • Alliance (New Zealand political party), party founded in 1991
  • Alliance Group, sheep meat producer based in Invercargill
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Usage examples of "alliance".

Alliance that you have discovered an un-researched pathological allele and want to find how it causes cell failure.

The most active and successful of the Plebeians accumulated wealth, aspired to honors, deserved triumphs, contracted alliances, and, after some generations, assumed the pride of ancient nobility.

He represented to Theodoric, that an ambitious conqueror, who aspired to the dominion of the earth, could be resisted only by the firm and unanimous alliance of the powers whom he labored to oppress.

In vain she entreated the baronet to break the disgraceful, and, as she said, illegal alliance his son had contracted.

They had separated on the Lido, and as none knew of their interview but him, and none would probably suspect their recent alliance, the Bravo entered on his new duty with some chances of success, that might otherwise have been lost.

Nothing could be a greater burlesque upon the negotiation than this treaty of alliance concluded with the petty duke of Wolfenbuttle, who very gravely guarantees to his Britannic majesty the possession of his three kingdoms, and obliges himself to supply his majesty with five thousand men, in consideration of an annual subsidy of five-andtwenty thousand pounds for four years.

At the bustling port of Nantes on the lower Loire, they settled into a hotel to wait for passage on the American frigate Alliance.

To apply it to the case of France, if there had been a treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive, between the United States and that country, the unqualified acknowledgment of the new government would have put the United States in a condition to become an associate in the war with France, and would have laid the legislature under an obligation, if required, and there was otherwise no valid excuse, of exercising its power of declaring war.

Often the struggle was confined not just to Meath and Leinster, for others entered in because of empathy and alliances, even greed or unmentioned political hopes.

And finally, in late middle-age, a mellowing, a relaxation of the armor, just enough for the ruling age-group to make alliances and deal successfully with the outer world.

Did this mean Messire has secured the alliance of the current Sieur, or was he putting the Name on notice that Avila was not about to yield any of her claims?

Saito of Mino and the Hachisuka, but for many years they had been bound by a secret alliance to help one another in emergencies.

Some of their haunted light shone in his eyes as he gathered frayed nerves and related details of the Alliance armed force now mustered and marching from Morvain.

During the months the Alliance host mustered, Arithon had applied himself, unstinting, to life.

The headstrong young ruler, who had taken his country out of its alliance with France and Britain into a foolish neutrality, who had refused to restore the alliance even during the months when he knew the Germans were preparing a massive assault across his border, who at the last moment, after Hitler had struck, called on the French and British for military succor and received it, now deserted them in a desperate hour, opening the dyke for German divisions to pour through on the flank of the sorely pressed Anglo-French troops.