EGAVE

ally

About 5.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. verb To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
  3. verb Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to (someone or something) by similarity in features or nature.
  4. verb To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc., someone or something else.
  5. verb Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.
  6. 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 , a person who is not a member of the LGBT+ community but is supportive of it.
    I’m glad you want to be a better ally to the disabled.
  7. noun 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 , a person who is not a member of the LGBT+ community but is supportive of it.
    I’m glad you want to be a better ally to the disabled.
  8. noun A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.
    The two countries were allies in World War I.

Similar words

friend confederate alliance coalition associate compatriot unionize supporter backer crony

Often followed by

of in and to with themselves himself the against

Word family

allied allies allying the Allies

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