alliance

alliance has 9 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
• n.. The persons or parties allied.
• v. t.. To connect by alliance; to ally.
• n.. the act of forming an alliance or confederation
• n.. a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim
• n.. an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
• n.. a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest; "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them"
• n.. the state of being allied or confederated