RESEARCH

NAME: ISRAEL CHVEZ CLASS: CAMBRIDGE

ALLIANCE

An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for
mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement
has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called allies. Alliances form
in many settings, including political alliances, military alliances, and business alliances.
When the term is used in the context of war or armed struggle, such associations may also
be called allied powers, especially when discussing World War I or World War II.

A formal military alliance is not required for being perceived as an allyco-belligerence,

fighting alongside someone, is enough. According to this usage, allies become so not when
concluding an alliance treaty but when struck by war.

When spelled with a capital "A", the word "Allies" usually denotes the countries who fought
together against the Central Powers in World War I (the Allies of World War I), or those who
fought against the Axis Powers in World War II (the Allies of World War II). The term has
also been used by the United States Army to describe the countries that gave assistance to
the South Vietnamese during the Vietnam War.[1]

More recently, the term "Allied forces" has also been used to describe the coalition of the
Gulf War, as opposed to forces the Multi-National Forces in Iraq which are commonly
referred to as "Coalition forces" or, as by the George W. Bush administration, "the coalition
of the willing".

The Allies in World War I (also known as the Entente Powers) were initially the United
Kingdom, France, the Russian Empire, Belgium, Serbia, Montenegro and Japan, joined later
by Italy, Portugal, Romania, the United States, Greece and Brazil. Some, such as the Russian
Empire, withdrew from the war before the armistice due to revolution or defeat by the
Central Powers.

Taken from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance

MEANING

Type of word: Noun

1. The act of allying or state of being allied.

2. A formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific
purposes.
3. A merging of efforts or interests by persons, families, states, or organizations: an
alliance between church and state.
4. The persons or entities so allied.
5. Marriage or the relationship created by marriage between the families of the
spouses.
6. Correspondence in basic characteristics; affinity: the alliance between logic and
metaphysics.

RELATED FORMS

interalliance, noun, adjective

nonalliance, noun
prealliance, noun
proalliance, adjective
realliance, noun
suballiance, noun

SYNONYMS
1. association; coalition, combination, bloc; partnership; affiliation. Alliance, confederation,
league, union all mean the joining of states for mutual benefit or to permit the joint exercise
of functions. An alliance may apply to any connection entered into for mutual benefit.
League usually suggests closer combination or a more definite object or purpose.
Confederation applies to a permanent combination for the exercise in common of certain
governmental functions. Union implies an alliance so close and permanent that the
separate states or parties become essentially one. 2. pact, compact.

Taken from: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/alliance