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Allies

American  
[al-ahyz, uh-lahyz] / ˈæl aɪz, əˈlaɪz /

plural noun

  1. (in World War I) the powers of the Triple Entente (Great Britain, France, Russia), with the nations allied with them (Belgium, Serbia, Japan, Italy, etc., not including the United States), or, loosely, with all the nations (including the United States) allied or associated with them as opposed to the Central Powers.

  2. the 26 nations that fought against the Axis in World War II and, with subsequent additions, signed the charter of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945.

  3. the member nations of NATO.

allies 1 British  
/ ˈælaɪz /

noun

  1. the plural of ally

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Allies 2 British  
/ ˈælaɪz /

plural noun

  1. (in World War I) the powers of the Triple Entente (France, Russia, and Britain) together with the nations allied with them

  2. (in World War II) the countries that fought against the Axis. The main Allied powers were Britain and the Commonwealth countries, the US, the Soviet Union, France, China, and Poland See also Axis

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Allies Cultural  

  1. The victorious allied nations of World War I and World War II. In World War I, the Allies included Britain, France, Italy, Russia, and the United States. In World War II, the Allies included Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States.

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Plural of ally

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Appeared in the March 18, 2026, print edition as 'The Allies Take a Pass on Iran'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt suddenly announced it at the 1943 Casablanca conference as an aim of the World War II Allies, he did so off the cuff.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

"I remember how Britain and the Allies opened the Second Front. That helped us so much."

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Allies framed the strikes as a law-enforcement action rather than an act of war.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2026

Twenty-five years after its inception, Public Allies is still going strong, with chapters in Chicago and two dozen other cities and thousands of alumni around the country.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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