alliance
/əˈlaɪ.əns/
alliance noun: the state of being allied.
Noun
alliance (countable and uncountable, plural alliances)
- The state of being allied.
- The act of allying or uniting.
- Synonyms:
- union
- A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
- matrimonial alliances
- an alliance between church and state, or welded by two countries
- Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
- And as for kindred , there is no Alliance neerer vnto any one, than their Countrey , that is to be vnto vs another God, and our prime and deareſt Parent.1624, William Udall, The Historie of the Life and Death of Mary Stuart Queene of Scotland
- the alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel1871, Charles John Smith, Synonyms Discriminated
- Synonyms:
- connection, affinity, union, allyship
- The persons or parties allied.
- Synonyms:
- coalition, league, confederation, team, axis
- Synonym of cohort (“group of orders of organisms”).
- Synonyms:
- cohort
Verb
alliance (third-person singular simple present alliances, present participle alliancing, simple past and past participle allianced)
Proper noun capitalized: Alliance
Alliance
- A former unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States, now incorporated into the city of Arcata.
- An unincorporated community in Madison County, Indiana, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Box Butte County, Nebraska, United States.
- A town in Pamlico County, North Carolina, United States.
- A city situated mostly in Stark County, Ohio, United States.
- A master planned community in Denton County and Tarrant County, Texas, United States.
- A village in central Alberta, Canada.
- A town in Suriname, on the banks of the Suriname River.
- Ellipsis of Alliance Party of Northern Ireland.
- The alliance in the 1980s between the SDP and the Liberal Party, precursor of the Liberal Democrats.
alliance meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
alliance in Hindi
- treaty between nations
- संधि sandhi, गठबंधन gaṭhbandhan
- state of being allied
- गठबंधन gaṭhbandhan, इत्तिहाद ittihād
- union resembling that of families or states
- गठबंधन gaṭhbandhan
alliance in Marathi
- युती, युतीला
alliance in Urdu
- state of being allied
- اِتِّحاد ittihād, اِتِّفاق ittifāq
alliance in Telugu
- state of being allied
- అనుబంధము anubandhamu
More languagesFewer languages
- alliance in Kannada
- ಮೈತ್ರಿ, ಮೈತ್ರಿಕೂಟ
- alliance in Nepali
- गठबन्धन, गठबन्धनको
- alliance in Tagalog
- alyansa
- alliance in Arabic
- تَحَالُف taḥāluf, حِلْف ḥilf, اِتِّحَاد ittiḥād, اِتِّفَاق ittifāq
- alliance in Malay
- perikatan
- alliance in Indonesian
- persekutuan, aliansi, perserikatan
- alliance in Thai
- พันธมิตร pan-tá-mít
- alliance in Vietnamese
- đồng minh
- alliance in Myanmar
- မဟာမိတ် ma.hamit
Examples of alliance in a sentence
- His sensitive radar for hidden alliances keeps him out of trouble.
- Supported by an enraged and desperate public, this new alliance set out to achieve two goals.
- After the election, the parties united in a black-yellow alliance.
Synonyms of alliance
Forms of alliance
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | alliances |
| alternative form (obsolete) | alliaunce |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | alliances |
| present participle | alliancing |
| past participle | allianced |
| past | allianced |
Origin of alliance
From Middle English alliaunce, from Old French aliance (French alliance). Equivalent to ally + -ance. Compare with Doric Greek ἁλία (halía, “assembly”). See also al-.
Words formed from alliance
- airline alliance
- alliancer
- antialliance
- Blue-Green alliance
- counteralliance
- gay-straight alliance
- Grand Alliance
- misalliance
- offensive and defensive alliance
- quasi-alliance
- realliance
- red-green alliance
- red-green-brown alliance
- suballiance
- unholy alliance
Phrases with alliance
Words that rhyme with alliance
Questions about alliance
- What does alliance mean?
- Alliance means the state of being allied.
- What is alliance in Hindi?
- Alliance in Hindi is संधि (sandhi), गठबंधन (gaṭhbandhan), इत्तिहाद (ittihād). See Alliance meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is alliance?
- Alliance can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce alliance?
- Alliance is pronounced /əˈlaɪ.əns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of alliance?
- The plural of alliance is alliances.
Words near alliance in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: alliance (page history and authors); Alliance (page history and authors); alliance (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alliance (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alliance (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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