noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ broad
▪
The organization is a broad ~ of many different groups.
▪ grand
▪ close
▪ powerful , strong
▪ fragile , loose , uneasy
▪
a loose ~ of opposition groups
▪
The uneasy ~ between such different people just cannot last.
▪ shifting
▪
the shifting ~s among the various political groups
▪ formal , informal
▪ strategic , working
▪ unholy
▪
an unholy ~ between the Fascists and the Communists
▪ unlikely
▪ temporary
▪ global , transatlantic , Western
▪ defensive , military
▪ electoral ( esp. BrE ), political
▪ opposition
▪ marriage
VERB + ALLIANCE
▪ have
▪
They have ~s with other companies.
▪ seek
▪ announce
▪ build , build up , create , develop , enter into , establish , forge , form , make , strike up
▪
The government has tried to forge ~s with environmentalists.
▪ join
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Seven more countries have been invited to join the ~.
▪ cement , strengthen
▪
The marriage was meant to cement the ~ between the two countries.
▪
To cement the ~ with England, Charles married Margaret, sister of the English king.
▪ maintain
▪ seek
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~ with
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The government, in ~ with the army, has decided to ban all public meetings for a month.
▪ ~ against
▪
old ~s against enemies that no longer exist
▪ ~ between
▪
an ~ between the USSR and India
▪ ~ with
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an ~ with China
PHRASES
▪ ~ of convenience
▪
It was an ~ of convenience, not of conviction.