Loading page
say it: uh-LAHY-uhns
alliance is a noun meaning "the state of being allied or confederated". It carries 5 recorded senses.
the state of being allied or confederated
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”
an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim
the act of forming an alliance or confederation
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for alliance come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.