Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Joined or united in a close relationship.
- adjective Of a similar nature; related.
- adjective Of or relating to the Allies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See
ally .
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
ally . - adjective Joined as
allies .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective related by common characteristics or ancestry
- adjective of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War I
- adjective joined by treaty or agreement
- adjective united in a confederacy or league
- adjective of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War II
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Examples
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Are there "natural experiments" in allied health professions?
Cost of Health Care Regulation, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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U.S. companies need to be able to establish real partnerships (i.e. not just outsourcing) with industry in allied nations (sorry, this does NOT include adversaries like China or Russia) and compete on the open market.
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After a series of negotiations with the British government, Hussein allied the Arabs with the British against the Turks.
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The Army warned GIs away from "loose women" in allied as well as enemy nations.
Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008
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In the "literary" camps of both SF and Fantasy, and in allied territories like slipstream and postmodernism, where experimentalist approaches are par for the course, we may well see logical impossibilities, outright self-contradictions, but for the most part the impossibilities we're dealing with are nomological.
Archive 2008-01-01 Hal Duncan 2008
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The Army warned GIs away from "loose women" in allied as well as enemy nations.
Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008
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In the "literary" camps of both SF and Fantasy, and in allied territories like slipstream and postmodernism, where experimentalist approaches are par for the course, we may well see logical impossibilities, outright self-contradictions, but for the most part the impossibilities we're dealing with are nomological.
Narrative Grammars Hal Duncan 2008
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The government was re-established in allied France under the premiership of General Sikorski.
The Polish Government in Exile and Poland After Martial Law 1983
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What produced the bickerings of the first half of the year, and the dramatic improvement in allied relations in the second half?
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This is true in American-allied states such as Egypt and Jordan.
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