transcription, транскрипция: [ fedəreɪʃ(ə)n ]
( federations)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A federation is a federal country.
...the Russian Federation.
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2.
A federation is a group of societies or other organizations which have joined together, usually because they share a common interest.
...the British Athletic Federation...
The organization emerged from a federation of six national agencies.
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