Definitions for Alliance
əˈlaɪ ənsal·liance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. alliance, confederationnoun

   the state of being allied or confederated

2. alliance, bondnoun

   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"

3. alliance, coalition, alignment, alinementnoun

   an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

4. alliancenoun

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

5. confederation, alliancenoun

   the act of forming an alliance or confederation

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. alliancenoun

   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. alliancenoun

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

3. alliancenoun

   The persons or parties allied. --Udall.

4. alliancenoun

   A treaty between nations for their mutual advantage

5. allianceverb

   To connect or unite by alliance; to ally.

6. Etymology: From aliance (French: alliance).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alliancenoun

   Etymology: alliance, Fr.

   1. The state of connection with another by confederacy; a league. In this sense, our histories of Queen Anne mention the grand alliance.2. Relation by marriage.

   A bloody Hymen shall th’ alliance join
   Betwixt the Trojan and th’ Ausonian line. John Dryden, Æneid.

   3. Relation by any form of kindred.

   For my father’s sake,
   In honour of a true Plantagenet,
   And, for alliance’ sake, declare the cause
   My father lost his head. William Shakespeare, Henry VI. p. i.

   4. The act of forming or contracting relation to another; the act of making a confederacy.

   Dorset, your son, that with a fearful soul
   Leads discontented steps in foreign soil,
   This fair alliance quickly shall call home
   To high promotions. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

   Adrastus soon, with gods averse, shall join
   In dire alliance with the Theban line;
   Thence strife shall rise, and mortal war succeed. Alexander Pope.

   5. The persons allied to each other.

   I would not boast the greatness of my father,
   But point out new alliances to Cato. Joseph Addison, Cato.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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", "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 South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.The Allied Powers 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. After the end of World War II and during the Cold War, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed as a political and military alliance that promotes anti-communist values.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".

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. alliance

   An alliance is a formal agreement or union between individuals, groups, or nations, made in order to advance common goals, enhance mutual interests, or provide mutual support. It often involves sharing resources and cooperation in achieving shared objectives, typically in political, economic, or military areas.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alliancenoun

   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. Alliancenoun

   any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity

3. Alliancenoun

   the persons or parties allied

4. Allianceverb

   to connect by alliance; to ally

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alliance

   The Alliance is 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.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alliance

   al-lī′ans, n. state of being allied: union by marriage or treaty. [See Ally.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. alliance

   The relationship that results from a formal agreement (e.g., treaty) between two or more nations for broad, long-term objectives that further the common interests of the members. See also coalition; multinational.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. alliance

   A league or confederacy between sovereigns or states, for mutual safety and defence. Subjects of allies cannot trade with the common enemy, on pain of the property being confiscated as prize to the captors.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. alliance

   In a military sense, signifies a treaty entered into by sovereign states for their mutual safety and defense. In this sense alliances may be divided into such as are offensive, where the contracting parties oblige themselves jointly to attack some other power; and into such as are defensive, whereby the contracting powers bind themselves to stand by and defend one another, in case of being attacked by any other power. Alliances are variously distinguished according to their object, the parties in them, etc. Hence we read of equal, unequal, triple, quadruple, grand, offensive, defensive alliances, etc.

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ALLIANCE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Alliance is ranked #120901 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Alliance surname appeared 143 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Alliance.
   
   85.3% or 122 total occurrences were Black.
   11.1% or 16 total occurrences were White.

Matched Categories

1. • Coalition
   • Connection
   • Group Action
   • Organization
   • Treaty

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Alliance' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3112

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Alliance' in Nouns Frequency: #1188

Anagrams for Alliance »

1. ancillae

2. canaille

How to pronounce Alliance?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Alliance in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Alliance in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Alliance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Alliance in a Sentence

1. Babafemi Ojudu:

   Last year people were frustrated the alliance fell apart so voted for Jonathan out of protest, that won't happen again.

2. Katsuyuki Kawai:

   The alliance has changed from one based on shared values to a transactional alliance, that is the reality now.

3. George Washington:

   It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world.

4. Richard Levick:

   The President is casting doubt on the integrity of voting, something we have done for nearly 250 years, so we have this crisis, into this void have stepped up hundreds and hundreds of companies, who have said :' We want to do Civic Alliance in order to protect our democracy.'.

5. Theresa May:

   In committing additional troops to the Train Advise Assist operation in Afghanistan we have underlined once again that when NATO calls the UK is among the first to answer, nATO is as vital today as it ever has been and our commitment to it remains steadfast. The Alliance can rely on the UK to lead by example.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Alliance
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Alliance
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Alliance
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Alliance
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Alliance
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Alliance
9. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
10. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Alliance
11. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
12. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html