noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ loose
▪
He proposed a loose ~ of local groups.
▪ national , regional , state ( AmE )
▪ international , world
▪
the International Judo Federation
▪ athletics , soccer , etc.
▪
the British Athletics Federation
▪ employers' , labour/labor , police ( BrE ), trade-union
VERB + FEDERATION
▪ create , establish , form
▪
They were now ready to create a national ~.
FEDERATION + VERB
▪ break up
▪
The ~ broke up in 1989.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
the six republics in the ~
▪ within a/the ~
▪
He urged them to remain within the ~.
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of over 3 000 organizations
PHRASES
▪ a member of a ~