{
    "term": "alliance",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an agreement between countries, political parties, etc. to work together in order to achieve something that they all want",
            "sensetop": "alliance with somebody/somethingalliance between A and B",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **form/make an alliance**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Social Democrats are now **in alliance with** the Greens.",
                    "contextForm": "alliance with somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an alliance between education and business to develop the use of technology in schools",
                    "contextForm": "alliance between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government has tried to forge alliances with environmentalists."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government, in alliance with the army, has decided to ban all public meetings for a month."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The marriage was meant to cement the alliance between the two countries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The uneasy alliance between such different people just cannot last."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They broke off the alliance with Sparta."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have alliances with other companies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an alliance with China"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They allege that an unholy alliance between multinational drug firms and national health services has raised drug prices unnecessarily high."
                },
                {
                    "text": "old alliances against enemies that no longer exist"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the shifting alliances among the various political groups"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement", "Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["broad", "grand", "close"],
                "verb + alliance": ["have", "seek", "announce"],
                "preposition": [
                    "in alliance with",
                    "alliance against",
                    "alliance between"
                ],
                "phrases": ["alliance of convenience"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a group of people, political parties, etc. who work together in order to achieve something that they all want",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The Green Alliance was formed to campaign against environmental damage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Seven more countries have been invited to join the alliance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The organization is a broad alliance of many different groups."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Movement for Multiparty Democracy was a loose alliance of opposition parties."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The right-wing alliance was dedicated to promoting self-determination."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["broad", "grand", "close"],
                "verb + alliance": ["have", "seek", "announce"],
                "preposition": [
                    "in alliance with",
                    "alliance against",
                    "alliance between"
                ],
                "phrases": ["alliance of convenience"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈlaɪəns/",
                "audio": "al/alliance/alliance__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈlaɪəns/",
                "audio": "al/alliance/alliance__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French aliance, from alier ‘to ally’, from Latin alligare ‘bind together’, from ad- ‘to’ + ligare ‘to bind’."
}