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ally
/ˈæl.aɪ/
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What does ally mean?
verb
- To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
- Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to (someone or something) by similarity in features or nature.
- To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc., someone or something else.
More meanings (13)
verb
- Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.
noun
- A person who co-operates with or helps another; an associate; a friend.
- A person who, or organization which, supports a demographic group subject to discrimination and/or misrepresentation but is not a member of the group; specifically (LGBTQ), a person who is not a member of the LGBT+ community but is supportive of it.
- A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.
- Something regarded as connected with or related to another thing by similarity in features or nature.
- An organism which is related to another organism through common evolutionary origin; specifically, a species which is closely related to another species, usually within the same family.
- (figuratively) A person, group, concept, etc., which is associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary; a supporter.
- (historical, obsolete) A kinsman or kinswoman; a relative.
- (obsolete) One's relatives; kin, kindred, relations; also, relationship through descent or marriage; kinship.
- (obsolete) People, groups, states, etc., which are associated or united with each other for a common purpose; confederates; also, the state of being allied; alliance, confederation.
- (obsolete) Alternative spelling of alley (“a glass marble or taw”).
proper noun
- A diminutive of the female given names Alice, Alison, Alexandra, and other names beginning with Al-[[]], from the Germanic languages or Ancient Greek.
- A diminutive of the male given names Alfred, Albert, Alan, Alexander, and other names beginning with Al-[[]], from the Germanic languages, the Celtic languages, or Ancient Greek.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæl.aɪ/
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Hence he does not strive to ally himself with all and sundry, nor does he foster the power of other states.
She found one of the pretty chemises that Ally had made for her, with a blue ribbon run through its edging.
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I felt that I must have something in reserve for my dreadful acquaintance, and his ally the still more dreadful young man.
Here I made careful preparations, and arranged to dress and makeup at the house of the Head-Keeper, a great ally of mine.
The servant, enlightened by his disclosure, and afraid of being himself implicated in the crime, would doubtless become an ally of the detective.