allied
adjective
joined by treaty, agreement, or common cause.
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allied
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British
/ ˈælaɪd, əˈlaɪd /
adjective
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joined, as by treaty, agreement, or marriage; united
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of the same type or class; related
Allied
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British
/ ˈælaɪd /
adjective
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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."
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The U.S. is in talks with allied nations to pay for some repairs, which could help keep costs to the U.S. down, officials have said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
While that would provide a challenge to AI deployment, any restrictions on China would in turn benefit U.S. manufacturers and allied suppliers, Daryanani said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Wainwright, about 130 miles east of Edmonton, Alberta's capital, is one of the main bases used by the Canadian military for live-fire training exercises, and it houses troops from Canada and allied countries.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The message from 1809 -- detailing French and allied troops' positions in two dozen lines of symbols, numbers and letters -- had lain ignored in an online academic archive.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
During the first three decades after the Treaty of Paris was signed, allied Indigenous nations in the Ohio Country and the southern states were involved in several struggles to resist settler encroachment.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
“Fortitude” is based on a true story about British intelligence agents who convinced Adolf Hitler that Allied forces were planning to attack a French coastal area called Pas-de-Calais on D-Day, instead of Normandy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The three main Allied victors of World War II met at Yalta in 1945 to carve new European borders after the Nazis’ defeat.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
A deal is far from certain, but if completed, it could value Allied at as much as $18 billion, excluding the security company’s debt, one of the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Recognizing its importance to Germany's nuclear ambitions, Allied forces targeted the plant through sabotage and bombing operations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
The Germans, meanwhile, were so afraid of catching up with their drifting gas that they advanced only a couple of miles before they were stopped by Allied reinforcements.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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