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      ally
      noun
      A person who co-operates with or helps another; an associate; a friend.
      A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.
      People, groups, states, etc., which are associated or united with each other for a common purpose; confederates; also, the state of being allied; alliance, confederation.
      A person who, or organization which, supports a demographic group subject to discrimination and/or misrepresentation but is not a member of the group; specifically (LGBTQ), a person who is not a member of the LGBT+ community but is supportive of it.
      (figuratively) A person, group, concept, etc., which is associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary; a supporter.
      One's relatives; kin, kindred, relations; also, relationship through descent or marriage; kinship.
      (taxonomy) An organism which is related to another organism through common evolutionary origin; specifically, a species which is closely related to another species, usually within the same family.
      Something regarded as connected with or related to another thing by similarity in features or nature.
      A diminutive of the female given names Alice, Alison, Alexandra, or other names beginning with Al-[[]], from the Germanic languages or Ancient Greek.
      A diminutive of the male given names Alfred, Albert, Alan, Alexander, or other names beginning with Al-[[]], from the Germanic languages, the Celtic languages, or Ancient Greek.
      Alternative spelling of alley (“a glass marble or taw”). [A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.]
      (historical or obsolete) A kinsman or kinswoman; a relative.
      verb
      (transitive) To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
      (intransitive) Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.
      (transitive) Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to (someone or something) by similarity in features or nature.
      (transitive) (reflexive) To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc., someone or something else.
      Roots
      ligo-ly · Latin · bind
      Synonyms for ally
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      Words related to ally
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