Definitions for allies
ˈæl aɪz, əˈlaɪzal·lies

Princeton's WordNet(4.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Allies(noun)

   the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945

2. Allies(noun)

   in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers

3. allies(noun)

   an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy

Wiktionary(3.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Allies(ProperNoun)

   The countries allied against the Axis Powers during World War II. The major signatories included the United States, Soviet Union, Britain, France, Canada and China.

2. Allies(ProperNoun)

   The countries allied against the Central Powers during World War I, including especially the United Kingdom, the Russian Empire and France.

3. allies(Noun)

   Plural form of ally.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Allies

   of Ally

Freebase(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Allies

   In everyday English usage, allies are people, groups, or nations that have joined in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out between them. 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, or those who fought against the Axis Powers in World War II. The term has also been used by the United States Army to describe the countries that gave assistance to the South Vietnam 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 Force in Iraq which are commonly referred to as "Coalition forces" or, as by the George W. Bush administration, "The coalition of the willing".

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(3.25 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Allies

   the name generally given to the confederate Powers who in 1814 and 1815 entered France and restored the Bourbons.

Anagrams for allies »

1. Sallie

How to pronounce allies?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of allies in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of allies in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of allies in a Sentence

1. Anuj Somany:

   Empathize with someone who has buddies none or just a few one, but sympathize with somebody who boasts to have allies in a ton or many one because he or she has then herculean task in hand to correctly weed out the negative people and rightly read in a positive person.

2. Emmanuel Macron:

   I want to pay tribute to Gen. Mattis... for a year and I half I have observed that Gen. Mattis was a reliable representative. He always reminded us how important it was to be allies.

3. Air Force Secretary Deborah James:

   Russia's military activity in the Ukraine continues to be of great concern to us and to our European allies, for the Air Force, an F-22 deployment is certainly on the strong side of the coin.

4. Bob Menendez:

   Stand up for the proposition that we won't let any allies, just because they're an ally, kill, with impunity, a journalist — something that we cherish under our Constitution and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of expression under the First Amendment. And stand up for the proposition that we won't let our bombs fall upon innocent civilians and have the moral responsibility which will be a blemish on our history for years to come.

5. John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

   Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder. (To Canadian Parliament)

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