n.

1. 1. A close association of nations or other groups, formed to advance common interests or causes: an alliance of labor unions opposing the bill.
   2. A formal agreement establishing such an association, especially an international treaty of friendship.
2. A connection based on kinship, marriage, or common interest; a bond or tie: the shifting alliances within a large family.
3. Close similarity in nature or type; affinity: the ancient alliance between mathematics and music.
4. The act of becoming allied or the condition of being allied: the church, acting in alliance with community groups.

[Middle English, from Old French aliance, from alier, to ally. See ally.]

noun

1. An association, especially of nations for a common cause: Anschluss, bloc, cartel, coalition, confederacy, confederation, federation, league, organization, union. See connect, group, politics.
2. The state of being associated: affiliation, association, combination, conjunction, connection, cooperation, partnership. See near/far/distance.

n

Definition: friendly association, agreement
Antonyms: antagonism, discord, disunion, divorce, estrangement, hostility, rebellion, separation, war

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(DOD) An alliance is the result of formal agreements (i.e., treaties) between two or more nations for broad, long-term objectives that further the common interests of the members. See also coalition; multinational.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.

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IN BRIEF: Joining or coming together for a purpose.

Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets them. — Ogden Nash

Quotes:

"'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world." - George Washington

"An alliance is like a chain. It is not made stronger by adding weak links to it. A great power like the United States gains no advantage and it loses prestige by offering, indeed peddling, its alliances to all and sundry. An alliance should be hard diplomatic currency, valuable and hard to get, and not inflationary paper from the mimeograph machine in the State Department." - Walter Lippmann

"We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are." - Henry Kissinger

"Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none." - Thomas Jefferson

"All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world." - John Hay

"I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at home, and wait the application of suitors for an alliance with her; and not run about offering her amity to all the world; and hazarding their refusal. Our virgin is a jolly one; and tho at present not very rich, will in time be a great fortune, and where she has a favorable predisposition, it seems to me well worth cultivating." - Benjamin Franklin

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - alliance, forbund

Nederlands (Dutch)
(militaire) bondgenootschap, relatie/verband, samenvoeging van partijen in nieuwe partij, verwantschap, verdrag

Français (French)
n. - alliance, pacte, union

Deutsch (German)
n. - Allianz, Bündnis

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συμμαχία, συμπαράταξη

Italiano (Italian)
alleanza

idioms:

• trade alliance    accordo commerciale

Português (Portuguese)
n. - aliança (f), pacto (m)

idioms:

• trade alliance    aliança comercial

Русский (Russian)
союз

idioms:

• trade alliance    торговое объединение

Español (Spanish)
n. - alianza

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förbund, släktskap

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
结盟, 联姻, 联盟, 同盟, 结盟诸国

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 結盟, 聯姻, 聯盟, 同盟, 結盟諸國

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 동맹[국], 공통점

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 同盟, 同盟国, 協力, 類似

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إتحاد, زواج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ברית, התקשרות‬

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ultimate alliance	dark alliance 2