ALLIANCE

[noun] [C]An alliance is a group of countries, political parties or people who have agreed to work together because of shared interests or aims.an Anglo-Japanese allianceAn electoral alliance between the opposition parties would be the surest way of changing the government.Switzerland prides itself on being a neutral country which does not belong to any military alliance.Nato is sometimes called the Atlantic Alliance.An alliance is also (the act of forming) such an agreement or connection.The three smaller parties have forged/formed an alliance against the government. [C]Some of us feel that the union is in alliance with the management against us. [U]