alliance
Other forms: alliances
Countries that have an alliance, or agreement, help each other out when in need. That means during times of war, for example, if two countries have an alliance, one will help the other by providing weapons and supplies.
An alliance doesn't just have to be between two countries; you can see alliances formed on a playground, when kids start clustering in groups or dividing themselves into teams to play tag. An alliance is essentially a connection through which a common interest is shared. A marriage is an alliance between two people who decide to share their lives together.
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the state of being allied or confederatedsynonyms: confederation
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a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest“the shifting alliances within a large family”synonyms: bondtypes:silver cordthe emotional bond between a mother and her offspringtype of:connectedness, connection, connexiona relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
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the act of forming an alliance or confederationsynonyms: confederationtype of:group actionaction taken by a group of people
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a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim
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an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treatytypes:combinationan alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes)alliesan alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemyAlliesin 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 PowersCentral Powersin World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the AlliesAlliesthe alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945Axisin World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nationspopular fronta leftist coalition organized against a common opponentglobal organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organizationan international alliance involving many different countriesNorthern Alliance, United Fronta multiethnic alliance in Afghanistan who practice a moderate form of Islam and are united in their opposition to the Talibancombination in restraint of trade(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States)Arab Leaguean international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperationCommon Market, EC, EEC, EU, Europe, European Community, European Economic Community, European Unionan international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its membersNATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organizationan international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective securityOPCW, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weaponsinternational organization for chemical disarmament; administers the Chemical Weapons ConventionOAS, Organization of American Statesan association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperationOPEC, Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countriesan organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleumLeague of Nationsan international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations; although suggested by Woodrow Wilson, the United States never joined and it remained powerless; it was dissolved in 1946 after the United Nations was formedcommunitya group of nations having common interestsCIS, Commonwealth of Independent Statesan alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991UN, United Nationsan organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and securityscheduled territories, sterling area, sterling blocthe group of countries whose currencies are tied to the British pound sterlingcommonwealtha world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one anotherWTO, World Trade Organizationan international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global tradetype of:
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Just as "history is written by the winners," the historical record often skips over missteps or mistakes made by those same winners. The Articles of Confederation were the founding fathers' first attempt at establishing an central alliance of all the different states in 1777. Although a valiant effort, the provisions laid down in this document didn't quite work the way the writers wanted them to, and they soon realized they had to start again with a new document. That second try is known as The Constitution, and it endures to this day. Here are 43 vocabulary words from The Articles of Confederation. The entire document is available here.