pact
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3.4
- noun
- /pækt/
- Formal
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pacto
- The boys made a pact to run away together before that day arrived.
- trade pact
- mutual defense pact
- security pact
There are three statehood, independence OR a pact of free association between two sovereign nations.
- There are three statehood, independence OR a pact of free association between two sovereign nations.
- Today this pact was signed between the German nation and the Soviet Union.
- The, the, the French had their kind of uniforms across the whole of the Warsaw Pact.
- There are coalitions of nations that that have treaties, you know, mutual defense pacts.
- It was the first organization in entire Warsaw Pact that was totally independent from Communist Party.
- And the reason South Korea is not a nuclear power is probably that we have troops there as well as having a pact with them.
Examples
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Our pact with Rome is done.
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We have a pact!
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And these three made a pact that they would not trade with me for the whole game.
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This is where the pact was formed.
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Today this pact was signed between the German nation and the Soviet Union.
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Your king has made a pact with a monster.
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Did you make such a pact?
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So the war ended with the Pact of Utrecht.
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Look, why don't we make a pact? - A pact? - Yeah.
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Today this pact was signed between the German nation and the Soviet Union.
Synonyms
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1.4
A promise made between two or more people, often written
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4.0
A formal agreement between countries or groups to work together
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4.1
A written agreement between countries about peace, trade or other relations
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6.0
An official written agreement between countries
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7.2
A formal written agreement between groups such as countries and companies to promise to do something or stop doing something
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6.5
A written promise between groups or nations about what they will and will not do
Antonyms
Compounds
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7.9
An agreement between two or more people to kill themselves together at a set time and place
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word pact comes from the Latin word pactum, meaning 'an agreed thing', and is related to pax ('peace'). So a pact is a formal agreement that helps bring or keep peace.