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Allies

Allies

101 3.7
Countries that fought together against a common enemy in World War I or World War II
  • proper noun
  • /ˈæl.aɪz/
: Aliados
  • The Allies coordinated their efforts to ensure victory in Europe.
  • the Western Allies
  • the Allies in World War II
  • forces of the Allies

OK fancy pants, wake me up when the Allies start bombing the Nazis.

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Examples

  • Eisenhower then announced that the Allies were holding over 900,000 German prisoners.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The Allies have taken Italy.

    Jojo Rabbit (2019)

  • Even if he won every possible battle, the Allies would still take Paris.

  • What do our former allies think of us now?

  • You know, what would it be like if the Allies had won?

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • Father, the Allies will come.

    A Bridge Too Far (1977)

  • Our troops will fight on... and the Allies will fight on.

    Churchill (2017)

  • The advantage is always with the defender, but the Allies are committed to more attacks.

  • But today, 50 years later, Berliners still remember when the Allies saved their city.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • During World War II, the Allies worked together to defeat the Axis powers.

Synonyms

alliance
vsAllies
567 4.0

A formal agreement between countries or groups to work together

is the specific wartime group of countries that fought together in the world wars

Surface Forms

Allies main

Morphology

Allies = ally (transparent) = ally + s

The meaning is directly derived from the noun 'ally' plus the plural suffix '-s'; the proper-name use for the WWII coalition does not obscure the morphological relation.

Etymology

The word Allies comes from old parts ad- 'to' and ligare 'to bind', so it meant 'to bind together' or 'to join'. That's why the Allies in World War I and World War II were countries 'joined together' to help and fight as a team.