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• past participle of ally.
• past tense form of ally.

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  allied

  adjective

  joined by treaty, agreement, or common cause.
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  Allied

  adjective

  of or relating to the Allies

allied

American  

[uh-lahyd, al-ahyd] / əˈlaɪd, ˈæl aɪd /

adjective

1. joined by treaty, agreement, or common cause.

   allied nations.

2. related; kindred.

   allied species.

   Synonyms:

   akin

3. Allied, of or relating to the Allies.

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allied ¹ British  

/ ˈælaɪd, əˈlaɪd /

adjective

1. joined, as by treaty, agreement, or marriage; united

2. of the same type or class; related

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Allied ² British  

/ ˈælaɪd /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Allies

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Other Word Forms

• nonallied
  adjective
• preallied
  adjective
• unallied
  adjective
• well-allied
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of allied

A Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at ally, -ed ²

Explanation

Allied means united or joined together. If two countries are allied, they are on the same side and have common interests. When two people are allied, they are friendly — or at least cooperative. To be allied means to have an agreement to work together, so when politicians are allied on a bill, they've pledged to join forces and unite for a common cause. In a war, allied countries are fighting on the same side. Allied comes from ally, which first meant "join in marriage," from the Latin root alligare, "bind to."

Example Sentences

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This may help explain why protecting allied governments appears to have become such an important part of Russia's regional strategy.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Instead, production inside a designated allied industrial base should ordinarily be permitted unless a specific national-security reason requires otherwise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Another person allied with Bass contacted Fight Agency last month about working for the Bass campaign, Mikail said, which the firm declined.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Washington and Seoul have conducted joint military exercises since the 1950s as a deterrent against North Korean aggression and a signal of allied readiness.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

—Julius Caesar Ptolemy’s advisers knew that if Cleopatra allied with Caesar, they stood to lose all their power.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby

The deployment marks the vessels first official sailing as Nato's command ship for the Allied Response Force - a designation it received in July this year.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Strategic Bombing Survey, a panel of experts, released a report the same year, concluding that, in fact, the Allied bombing of German cities—and the German bombing of British cities—had little impact on the war.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

"They are making a profit out of foreign nations," said Patrick Williams, a local organiser with the Commercial, Stevedoring, Agricultural and Allied Workers Union.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

In Operation Mincemeat, the British planted a corpse with fake top-secret documents implying an Allied invasion of Greece and Sardinia to provide cover for their Sicily campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Not only did William help oversee a massive expansion of Army code breaking, but he also played a key role in several high-level Allied missions.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield