federation
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4.3
- noun
- /ˌfɛdəˈreɪʃən/
:
federación
- And in mid-March, the major independent organizations formed a loose umbrella federation to coordinate their activities.
- states of the federation
- trade union federation
- union federation
Very quickly, the Police Federation came out and criticized that statement.
- Very quickly, the Police Federation came out and criticized that statement.
- Trump as an unwitting agent of the Russian Federation.
- We have to use oil and gas money within the Russian Federation.
- So there's no need for federation if, if that's your preference.
- It might have been, I think it was the Wrestling federation or something.
- That design was put forward for the the Master Federation's Builders Award of the Year.
- So the so, so, so Khalsutsky is thinking about some kind of vague federation.
Examples
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As economic setbacks mounted, federation leaders found themselves accused of favoritism, dishonesty, or outright theft.
Academic text (1999) -
The United States is a federation of individual states that maintain some degree of autonomy.
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We are a proud federation of countries, and you shall address everyone here with respect.
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All we want is a loose federation of communities peacefully trading with each other.
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They're a federation of independent, liberated states.
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I, for example, came to the Congress as president of a federation of cooperatives, FECOTRIGO.
Academic text (1999) -
Singapore was part of the federation until 1965, when it became an independent republic (Figure 1).
Academic text (2011) -
In Newfoundland, the Ministry of Education collaborates with the teachers' federation and the provincial arts council.
Academic text (1996) -
Experts on the country had predicted that the Yugoslav federation would disintegrate when Tito died.
Academic text (1993) -
As a federation of independent organizations, the coalition works together while respecting each member's goals.
Synonyms
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4.0
A formal agreement between countries or groups to work together
255
3.7
A group of countries joined to form one political unit
220
2.8
A group of people or organizations that join to work for a common goal
32
6.0
A group of independent countries or organizations that join for a common purpose
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7.4
A group of states or groups that join to work together
Antonyms
32
6.0
A group of independent countries or organizations that join for a common purpose
Compounds
8
2.9
A country in eastern Europe and northern Asia that used to be part of the Soviet Union
1
5.3
A former group of unions in the United States that merged in 1955 to form the AFL-CIO
A large group of trade unions in the United States that represents workers
A country in Southeast Asia on the Malay Peninsula and part of Borneo with a king
A small country in the Caribbean made of two main islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis
How Centralized
Surface Forms
Morphology
federation = federate (transparent) = feder + ation
A regular nominalization of the verb 'federate' indicating the entity or organization formed by uniting parties; the meaning follows standard derivational patterns.
Etymology
Federation comes from the Latin word foedus, meaning 'treaty' or 'agreement', and you can see the same root in federal. So a federation is a group of states that join together by agreement, sharing a central government while keeping some independence.