alliance

«alliance» in Mova's school dictionary: an agreement between countries, groups or people to work… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an alliance, alliances)

meaning for a pupil

1) An alliance is an agreement between countries, groups or people to work together or to help and protect each other. tree →

2) An alliance is also the group of countries or people who have made such an agreement. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and politics lessons, alliances explain why wars spread: before the First World War, countries were in two big alliances. Today NATO is a military alliance in which members agree to defend each other if attacked. In stories and games, characters form alliances to defeat a common enemy. Phrases: «form an alliance», «make an alliance», «in alliance with», «military alliance», «NATO alliance».

examples

• The two kingdoms formed an alliance against the invaders. tree →
• NATO is an alliance of many countries in Europe and North America. tree →
• In the game, we made an alliance with the other team. tree →
• The alliance broke when one side cheated. tree →
• The countries signed an alliance to protect each other. tree →
• In the story, the mice made an alliance with the birds. tree →
• He told her how important such an alliance would be, and pressed her to consent. tree →

note

Use «an»: «an alliance». Verb: «ally» (to join with); a member is «an ally» (plural «allies»). Spelled with -ance. An alliance is a deal; members can still disagree or leave.

In the corpora

• The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, also called the Iroquois, joined five, later six, nations in a lasting alliance.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «alliance» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.