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alliance | together |

As a noun alliance

is (uncountable) the state of being allied.

As a verb alliance

is (obsolete) to connect or unite by alliance; to ally.

As an adverb together is

at the same time, in the same place; in close association.

As an adjective together is

(colloquial) well organized, well developed.

alliance

English

(alliance)

Alternative forms

* alliaunce

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being allied.
  • matrimonial alliances'''; an '''alliance between church and state, or between two countries
  • (countable) The act of allying or uniting.
  • (countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
  • (countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
  • * C. J. Smith
  • the alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel
  • * Mansel
  • the alliance between logic and metaphysics
  • (with the definite article) The persons or parties allied.
  • (Udall)

    Synonyms

    * (union by relationship in qualities) connection, affinity, union * (act of allying) union * (persons or parties allied) coalition, league, confederation, team (informal)

    Verb

    (allianc)
  • (obsolete) To connect or unite by alliance; to ally.
  • Anagrams

    * * ----

    together

    Adverb

    (-)
  • At the same time, in the same place; in close association.
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  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.}}
  • Into one place; into a single thing; combined.
  • * {{quote-book, year=a1420, year_published=1894, author=The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056
  • , by=(Lanfranc of Milan) , title= Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie.", url= http://books.google.com/books?id=6XktAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA63 , chapter=Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone , isbn=1163911380, publisher=K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, location= London , editor=Robert von Fleischhacker, page= 63 , passage=Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere' þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge ' togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.}}
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  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.
  • In a relationship or partnership, for example a business relationship or a romantic partnership.
  • *
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.}}

    Synonyms

    * collectively * jointly

    Antonyms

    * apart

    Derived terms

    * add together * all together * altogether * band together * belong together * birds of a feather flock together * clap together * close together * come together * draw together * fudge together * get together/get-together * huddle together * knock together * live together * lump together * put together * scrape together * sleep together * stay together * stick together * tack together * throw together * together with * togetherdom * togetherful * togetherhood * togetherish * togetherless * togetherlike * togetherly * togetherness * togethership * togethersome * togetherwise * untogether

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colloquial) well organized, well developed.
  • He’s really together .