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IELTS BNC: 8165 COCA: 8313
1
a
: a temporary combination of parties in a legislative assembly
b
: a group of legislators who act together for some common purpose irrespective of party lines
2
a
: a combination of persons, groups, or nations forming a unit with a common interest or purpose
a bloc of voters
b
: a group of nations united by treaty or agreement for mutual support or joint action
3
: a quantity, number, or section of things dealt with as a unit : block
… seeking to buy and sell a large bloc of shares … Stuart Washington
Potvin's outstanding bloc of games during his rookie campaign occurred during the 1993 playoffs. Stan Fischler

Example Sentences

a voting bloc in the senate a whole bloc of students got together to complain
Recent Examples on the Web Moscow supplied around 40% of the natural gas used by the bloc before Russia invaded Ukraine. Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 On Monday night, Iran responded to the proposal in writing, meeting a deadline set by the bloc. Hadas Gold And Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022 The pipeline accounts for more than a third of Russian gas exports to the trading bloc. Harold Maass, The Week, 21 July 2022 The European Union's head office proposed that member states cut their gas use by 15% over the coming months to ensure that any full Russian cutoff of natural gas supplies to the bloc will not fundamentally disrupt industries next winter. Susie Blann, ajc, 20 July 2022 The proposal, which was included in a larger sanction package, needs to be approved by the 27-member bloc to take effect. NBC News, 4 May 2022 The import bans are a very small part of a fifth package of wider sanctions imposed on Russia by the bloc over its invasion of Ukraine. Laurence Norman, WSJ, 8 Apr. 2022 If approved, the sanctions would be the harshest enforced by the bloc since the invasion. New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022 The government would have to commit to major economic reforms to prove its ability to be a benefit, not a burden, to the bloc. Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, block

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of bloc was in 1903

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