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BNC: 8239 COCA: 18262

confederation

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
confederation /kənˌfɛdəˈreɪʃən/ noun
plural confederations
confederation
/kənˌfɛdəˈreɪʃən/
noun
plural confederations
Learner's definition of CONFEDERATION
[count]
: a group of people, countries, organizations, etc., that are joined together in some activity or effort联盟;联合体
BNC: 8239 COCA: 18262

confederation

noun

con·​fed·​er·​a·​tion kən-ˌfe-də-ˈrā-shən How to pronounce confederation (audio)
1
: an act of confederating : a state of being confederated : alliance
2
: league

Example Sentences

the smaller nations were forced to form a confederation out of self-defense the big-budget movie was produced by the studio in confederation with another in order to lower the risk
Recent Examples on the Web In Italy, the problem is most pronounced for farms in the Po River basin, which accounts for about 30 percent of the national agricultural output by market value, according to Coldiretti, a confederation of national agricultural producers. New York Times, 12 July 2022 Even if Hamada does remain in his job, Zaslav still plans to transform DC’s film and TV efforts from a confederation of semi-integrated productions into a single, MCU-style creative endeavor. Brent Lang, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022 It was being sold outside, the indictment charges, by an unlikely confederation of gangs and drug cartels. Wired, 31 July 2022 With other measures pledged by the conservative administration, the total is close to $1 billion, said Leonidas Iza, president of indigenous confederation CONAIE. Stephan Kueffner, Bloomberg.com, 30 June 2022 On the right, a confederation of Catholic intellectuals in the 1960s and ’70s sought to burst the bands of liberalism and establish a more overtly moral political order. Barton Swaim, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 The book follows Genly Ai, an envoy from an interplanetary confederation trying to convince the residents of the planet Gethen to join the rest of the galaxy. The Editors, Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2020 It was replaced in the early 1600s with a splendid edifice that was one of the largest churches in the then-confederation of Poland and Lithuania. Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2022 Don't overlook Iran, a perennial power in the Asian confederation. Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of confederation was in the 15th century
BNC: 8239 COCA: 18262
confederation

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONFEDERATION | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEloose鬆散的聯盟a loose confederation of states鬆散的國家聯盟VERB + CONFEDERATIONestablish, form, found建立/形成/創立聯盟join加入聯盟PREPOSITIONconfederation between⋯之間的聯盟a confederation between two states兩國之間的聯盟confederation of⋯的聯盟a confederation of employers雇主聯盟

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