liittouma — meaning in English
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English meaning
- alliance noun A formal agreement or partnership between countries, groups, or people to work together for a shared goal.
- bloc noun A group of countries, parties, or people united by shared political or economic goals.
- claque noun A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo.
- coalition noun A temporary alliance of groups or parties formed for a shared goal.
- combine verb To bring two or more things together so they form or work as one.
- entente noun An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
Senses
liittouma is used for these senses in English:
- alliance (uncountable) The state of being allied.
- alliance (countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
- bloc A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.
- bloc A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance.
- claque A group of people who pre-arrange among themselves to express strong support for an idea, so as to give the false impression of a wider consensus.
- coalition A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
- combine Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic or fraudulent intentions.
- entente (politics) An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
alliance — full definition
- noun A formal agreement or partnership between countries, groups, or people to work together for a shared goal.
- noun A close relationship or connection more generally.