Definizione monolingua

alliance

alliance (countable and uncountable; plural alliances)

1. (uncountable) The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.
2. (countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.

   The alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel. --C. J. Smith.

   The alliance . . . between logic and metaphysics. --Mansel.

3. The persons or parties allied. --Udall.
4. (countable) A treaty between nations for their mutual advantage

Definizione dizionario alliance

	alleanza
	Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.

apparentamento

coalizione

lega

matrimonio

unione

Altri significati:

persons or parties allied

(uncountable) The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.

alliance (esp. originally of individual member states of the Six Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty)

(countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.

The persons or parties allied. --Udall.

alliance (esp. originally of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty)

treaty between nations

(countable) A treaty between nations for their mutual advantage

state of being allied

union resembling that of families or states