alliance
US: /əˈɫaɪəns/
UK: /ɐlˈaɪəns/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
alliance /ə'laiəns/- danh từ
- sự liên minh, khối liên minh khối đồng minh
- to enterinto alliance with; to form an alliance with: liên minh với, thành lập khối đồng minh với
- sự thông gia
- quan hệ họ hàng; sự cùng chung một tính chất, sự cùng chung những đức tính
- sự liên minh, khối liên minh khối đồng minh
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 ~ (with sb/sth)
~ (between A and B) an agreement between countries, political parties, etc. to work together in order to achieve sth that they all want: to form / make a political alliance + The Social Democrats are now in alliance with the Greens. + an alliance between education and business to develop the use of technology in schools
2 a group of people, political parties, etc. who work together in order to achieve sth that they all want: The Green Alliance was formed to campaign against environmental damage.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 union, confederation, combination, federation, pact, league, association, coalition, affiliation, connection, bond; unity, affinity:
The alliance between the two empires has been faithfully maintained.
2 marriage, affinity:
The alliance between the two families was welded by the children born of it.
Collocation
ADJ.
broad
The organization is a broad alliance of many different groups.
| grand | close | powerful, strong | fragile, loose, uneasy
a loose alliance of opposition groups The uneasy alliance between such different people just cannot last.
| shifting
the shifting alliances among the various political groups
| formal, informal | strategic, working | unholy
an unholy alliance between the Fascists and the Communists
| unlikely | temporary | global | defensive, military | electoral, political | class | marriage
VERB + ALLIANCE
have
They have alliances with other companies.
| build (up), create, enter into, forge, form, make, strike up
The government has tried to forge alliances with environmentalists.
| cement
To cement the alliance with England, Charles married Margaret, sister of the English king.
| break off
They broke off the alliance with Sparta.
| seek
PREP.
in ~ with
The government, in alliance with the army, has decided to ban all public meetings for a month.
| ~ against
old alliances against enemies that no longer exist
| ~ between
an alliance between Britain and France
| ~ with
an alliance with Germany
Concise dictionary
alliancesə'laɪənsnoun
+the state of being allied or confederated
+a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
+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
