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{
"term": "alliance",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an agreement between countries, political parties, etc. to work together in order to achieve something that they all want",
"sensetop": "alliance with somebody/somethingalliance between A and B",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **form/make an alliance**"
},
{
"text": "The Social Democrats are now **in alliance with** the Greens.",
"contextForm": "alliance with somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "an alliance between education and business to develop the use of technology in schools",
"contextForm": "alliance between A and B"
},
{
"text": "The government has tried to forge alliances with environmentalists."
},
{
"text": "The government, in alliance with the army, has decided to ban all public meetings for a month."
},
{
"text": "The marriage was meant to cement the alliance between the two countries."
},
{
"text": "The uneasy alliance between such different people just cannot last."
},
{
"text": "They broke off the alliance with Sparta."
},
{
"text": "They have alliances with other companies."
},
{
"text": "an alliance with China"
},
{
"text": "They allege that an unholy alliance between multinational drug firms and national health services has raised drug prices unnecessarily high."
},
{
"text": "old alliances against enemies that no longer exist"
},
{
"text": "the shifting alliances among the various political groups"
}
],
"topics": ["Discussion and agreement", "Politics"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["broad", "grand", "close"],
"verb + alliance": ["have", "seek", "announce"],
"preposition": [
"in alliance with",
"alliance against",
"alliance between"
],
"phrases": ["alliance of convenience"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a group of people, political parties, etc. who work together in order to achieve something that they all want",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The Green Alliance was formed to campaign against environmental damage."
},
{
"text": "Seven more countries have been invited to join the alliance."
},
{
"text": "The organization is a broad alliance of many different groups."
},
{
"text": "The Movement for Multiparty Democracy was a loose alliance of opposition parties."
},
{
"text": "The right-wing alliance was dedicated to promoting self-determination."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["broad", "grand", "close"],
"verb + alliance": ["have", "seek", "announce"],
"preposition": [
"in alliance with",
"alliance against",
"alliance between"
],
"phrases": ["alliance of convenience"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈlaɪəns/",
"audio": "al/alliance/alliance__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈlaɪəns/",
"audio": "al/alliance/alliance__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French aliance, from alier ‘to ally’, from Latin alligare ‘bind together’, from ad- ‘to’ + ligare ‘to bind’."
}