federation

«federation» in Mova's school dictionary: a country made of states or provinces that each run some… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a federation, federations)

meaning for a pupil

1) A federation is a country made of states or provinces that each run some of their own matters, but share one central government, like the USA, Canada, Australia or Germany. tree →

2) A federation is also a group of clubs, unions or organisations that join together, like a football federation. tree →

sense in the lessons

In citizenship and geography lessons, pupils learn that Australia became a federation when its colonies joined, and that in a federation power is shared between national and state governments. In sport, federations make the rules, like FIFA, the world football federation. Phrases: «the Russian Federation», «a federation of», «football federation».

examples

• Australia is a federation of six states and two territories. tree →
• The USA is a federation with fifty states. tree →
• The national football federation chose a new coach. tree →
• The Russian Federation is the official name of Russia. tree →
• In a federation, states can make some of their own laws. tree →
• Several unions joined to form a federation. tree →

note

Countable noun. Adjective: federal (the federal government). Do not confuse with «confederation» (a looser union) or «federal» with «feudal».

Trees and pragmatics

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