ALLY (allied)
Dictionary entry overview: What does ally mean?
• ALLY (noun)
The noun ALLY has 2 senses:
1. a friendly nation
2. an associate who provides assistance
Familiarity information: ALLY used as a noun is rare.
• ALLY (verb)
The verb ALLY has 1 sense:
1. become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage
Familiarity information: ALLY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ALLY (noun)
Meaning:
A friendly nation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("ally" is a kind of...):
body politic; commonwealth; country; land; nation; res publica; state (a politically organized body of people under a single government)
Holonyms ("ally" is a member of...):
alignment; alinement; alliance; coalition (an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty)
Meaning:
An associate who provides assistance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
ally; friend
Context examples:
he's a good ally in fight / they were friends of the workers
Hypernyms ("ally" is a kind of...):
associate (a person who joins with others in some activity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ally"):
blood brother (a male sworn (usually by a ceremony involving the mingling of blood) to treat another as his brother)
• ALLY (verb)
Meaning:
Become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
He allied himself with the Communists
Hypernyms (to "ally" is one way to...):
affiliate; associate; assort; consort (keep company with; hang out with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ally"):
misally (make a bad alliance; ally inappropriately)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
