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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
allied
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bombing
▪ Not only were they hungry, but they also felt defenceless against more allied bombing.
forces
▪ Government and allied forces claimed to have stemmed rebel attacks on the border towns by the end of the month.
▪ Estimated total forces in Gulf at end-January Total allied forces 705,000.
▪ For the bulk of the allied forces - those on land and sea - the war has not yet started.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Information was shared between the allied governments.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Estimated total forces in Gulf at end-January Total allied forces 705,000.
▪ In effect the allied general becomes a subordinate character in the same way as other heroes.
▪ So far, allied casualties have been astonishingly light; in a land war they will soon multiply.
▪ So this is the first news bulletin to allocate a regular slot for science and allied matters.
▪ The allied strategy further demonstrates this.
▪ The country earned Western criticism for failing to participate actively in the allied campaign in the Gulf.
▪ The road itself had become a colony of residents specializing in theatrical and allied activities.
▪ To these issues must be added the allied questions of selection and appraisal.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Allied

Ally \Al*ly"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allied; p. pr. & vb. n. Allying.] [OE. alien, OF. alier, F. alier, fr. L. alligare to bind to; ad + ligare to bind. Cf. Alligate, Alloy, Allay, Ligament.]

  1. To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often followed by to or with.

    O chief! in blood, and now in arms allied.
    --Pope.

  2. To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.

    These three did love each other dearly well, And with so firm affection were allied.
    --Spenser.

    The virtue nearest to our vice allied.
    --Pope.

    Note: Ally is generally used in the passive form or reflexively.

Allied

Allied \Al*lied"\, a. United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See Ally.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
allied

c.1300, past participle adjective from ally (v.). Originally of kindred; in reference to a league or formal treaty, it is first recorded late 14c.

Wiktionary
allied
  1. Joined as ally. v

  2. (en-pastally)

WordNet
ally
  1. n. a friendly nation

  2. an associate who provides assistance; "he's a good ally in fight"; "they were friends of the workers" [syn: friend] [ant: foe]

  3. v. become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage; "He allied himself with the Communists"

  4. [also: allied]

allied
  1. adj. related by common characteristics or ancestry; "allied species"; "allied studies"

  2. united in a confederacy or league [syn: confederate, confederative]

  3. joined by treaty or agreement

allied

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Wikipedia
Allied (automobile)

The Allied automobile was a taxicab built in Elkhart, Indiana, by the Allied Cab Manufacturing Co. The company started production in 1932, using the factory of the Elcar automobile, which had ended production in 1931. Several former Elcar employees who had been involved with Elcar taxicab production joined the new company. Production of the Allied taxicab ended in 1934, followed by small production of the Super Allied taxicab in 1935.

Allied (disambiguation)

Allied means joined as allies.

Allied may also refer to:

  • Allied (automobile) car
  • Allied Stores American department store chain
  • Allied Commission Governance system set up after World War II
  • Allied (film), an upcoming American romantic thriller film
Allied (film)

Allied is an upcoming American romantic thriller film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Steven Knight. It is reportedly based on a true story about two assassins who fall in love during a mission to kill a German official. The film stars Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Lizzy Caplan, Matthew Goode and Jared Harris. The film will be released on November 23, 2016 by Paramount Pictures. Principal photography began in February 2016 in London.

Usage examples of "allied".

Attacks from enemy bases to the eastward, particularly from Havre, were warded off, and in the west an Allied naval bombarding squadron co-operated later with the American Army in the capture of Cherbourg.

The Second World War is a six-volume account of the struggle of the Allied powers in Europe against Germany and the Axis.

The volume opens with the Normandy invasion, and Churchill recalls with evident admiration and relief the heroic landing of the redoubtable Allied armies as they effect the most remarkable amphibious operation in military history.

Nevertheless I devoted ten minutes to the campaign in Italy and in paying my tribute to the Allied Armies there.

It may be mentioned that all the Allied effort in the radio war for D-Day was British.

U-boats and light surface vessels tried to attack, though with little success, but sea mines, which were mostly laid by aircraft, took a serious toll of Allied shipping and delayed our build-up.

The first of the tactical bombardments by Allied heavy bombers, which henceforward were a marked feature, prepared the way.

The operation was preceded by an even greater bombardment by the Allied air.

The roads were jammed with retreating troops and the Allied bombers and fighter-bombers took a destructive toll of men and vehicles.

The enemy strength south of Caen astride the Falaise road is now very great, and greater than anywhere else on whole Allied front.

The Allied air forces swept on to the crowded Germans within the long and narrow pocket, and with the artillery inflicted fearful slaughter.

Anglo-Canadian armies in the brutal, slugging battles for Caen and Falaise the spectacular advances made elsewhere by the Allied forces could never have come about.

Nazaire as soon as it is in Allied possession, in this case American possession.

Influence on Allied operations is usually increased by large reinforcements.

Such an arrangement would be a natural development of the existing military situation, since Rumania falls within the sphere of the Russian armies and Greece within the Allied command under General Wilson in the Mediterranean.