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Spell Bee Word: alliance


Basic Details

Word: Alliance

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: An agreement between countries, groups or people to work together, or the group they form.

Synonyms: partnership, union, league, coalition

Antonyms: rivalry, split

How to Spell Alliance

Syllables: al - li - ance

Tricky part: The double l comes from ally, and the ending is ance, not ence.

Watch out for: aliance, allience, allyance

Memory tip: Allies make an alliance. Ally turns its y into i and adds ance: ally, alli, alliance.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The three schools formed an alliance to clean up the lake.

Example 2: During the war, the two kingdoms made an alliance against their common enemy.

Example 3: Our street's shopkeepers have an alliance to keep the market free of plastic.

Fun Fact

Ally goes back to Latin alligare, to bind to, from ad and ligare, to tie. The word ligament, the tissue that ties bones together, comes from ligare too.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

alliance

a) quarrel
b) partnership
c) rivalry
d) defeat

Show answer

b) partnership. An alliance is a partnership; rivalry and quarrel are the reverse.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) appliance
b) compliance
c) allience
d) defiance

Show answer

c) allience. Ally, apply, comply and defy all turn y into i and add ance.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ancilael

a) alliance
b) allowance
c) reliance
d) balance

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a) alliance. Allowance would need an o and a w; reliance and balance each need a letter that is not here.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Two cricket boards that form an alliance agree to ____.

a) sell their grounds
b) stop playing
c) work together
d) fight each other

Show answer

c) work together

2. Which word is alliance linked to?

a) allot
b) alley
c) ally
d) allow

Show answer

c) ally

Associated Words

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