ALLY


Meaning of ALLY in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ great , important , key , powerful , strong

▪ close

Charles remained a close ~ of the French king.

▪ loyal , reliable , staunch , trusted

▪ natural , strategic , useful , valuable

▪ long-time ( esp. AmE ), old , traditional

Portugal is a traditional ~ of England.

▪ erstwhile , former

▪ wartime

▪ potential

▪ European , NATO , Western , etc.

▪ political

VERB + ALLY

▪ have

Lois felt that she had an ~.

▪ find , gain , get

▪ alienate , lose

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ against

He now had an ~ against his boss.

PHRASES

▪ find an ~ in sb , have an ~ in sb

She had found an ~ in her old teacher.

▪ a friend and ~

a friend and ~ of the president

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .