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  • noun Plural form of ally.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ally.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers
  • noun an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy
  • noun the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945

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