Betekenis van alliance In het Nederlands

• 0 a group of countries, political parties, or people who have agreed to work together because of shared interests or aims:

  • a military alliance

  • NATO is sometimes called the Atlantic Alliance.

  • The three smaller parties have forged/formed an alliance against the government.

  • Some of us feel that the union is in alliance with management against us.

• 1 a group of countries, political parties, or people who work together because of shared interests or aims, or the act of forming such a group:

  • [ C ] Switzerland does not belong to any military alliance.

  • [ U ] Alliance against our common enemy is our only hope for survival.

• 2 an agreement to work with another person, organization, etc. to try to achieve the same thing:

  • a business/economic/marketing alliance

  • forge/form/enter into an alliance with sb/sth The company will forge alliances with other car makers similar to joint manufacturing agreements already established in Europe.

  • alliance between sb (and sb) Many details of the alliance between the two companies have been left unclear.

• 3 a group of countries, companies, organizations, etc. who have agreed to work together because of shared interests:

  • a global/an international alliance

  • The most likely outcome would be a project managed by an alliance of contractors with an equal interest in building the carrier.

• 4 working together with another person, organization, etc.:

  • The company will also be able to promote its service in alliance with broadband suppliers in which it has made investments.