Ally

Definitions: Ally

Ally

Noun

1. A friendly nation.

2. An associate who provides assistance; "he's a good ally in fight"; "they were friends of the workers".

Verb

1. Become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage; "He allied himself with the Communists".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Ally" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a sort of nobleness".

Date "ally" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Diversity

Slang

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ALLY

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Synonym: Ally

Aid

Supplies, reinforcements, reenforcements, succors, contingents, recruits; support; (physical); adjunct, ally; (helper).

Auxiliary

Ally; friend; confidant, fidus Achates, pal, buddy, alter ego.

Friend

Favorer, fautor, patron, Mecaenas; tutelary saint, good genius, advocate, partisan, sympathizer; ally; friend in need; (auxiliary).

Marriage

Marry, join, handfast; couple; (unit); tie the nuptial knot; give away, give away in marriage; seal; ally, affiance; betroth; (promise); publish the banns, bid the banns; be asked in church.

Crosswords: Ally

If he could be turned, he would be a powerful ally. (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: George Lucas; Leigh Brackett)

Pain is your friend, your ally, it will tell you when you are seriously injured, it will keep you awake and angry, and remind you to finish the job and get the hell home. (G.I. Jane; writing credit: David Twohy)

Ally, what makes your problems so much bigger than everybody else's? (Ally McBeal; writing credit: Henri Vernes)

Perhaps the most able blackmailer of her time, she was at once the worthiest opponent and the greatest ally, and the only woman I have ever the only woman, period. (Zero Effect; writing credit: Jake Kasdan)

All right Ally, you have to do what Mommy says. (Everybody Loves Raymond; writing credit: Joe Bolster)

Ally Sloper (1898)

Intimate Portrait: Ally Sheedy (1999)

Ally (1999)

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Books

• Ally McBeal: The Official Guide (reference)

• Ally to Adversary: An Eyewitness Account of Iraq's Fall from Grace (reference)

• David E. Kelley: The Man Behind Ally McBeal (reference)

• Make Anger Your Ally (Living Books) (reference)

• Mom, I Feel Fat: Becoming Your Daughter's Ally in Developing a Healthy Body Image (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Ally (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Ally McBeal Boxed Set (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Ally McBeal: A Very Ally Christmas [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Songs From Ally McBeal Featuring Vonda Shepard (Television Series) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Joseph Henry - first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Political ally and friend of Alexander Dallas Bache.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The Southern Confederacy a fact!!! Acknowledged by a might prince and faithful ally.Credit: Library of Congress.

Hail to our ally : the spirit of Italy.Credit: Library of Congress.

Save Serbia our ally. Send contributions to Serbian Relief Committee of America.Credit: Library of Congress.

Save Serbia our ally. Send contributions to Serbian Relief Committee of America.Credit: Library of Congress.

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In France the Communists ally themselves with the Social-Democrats, against the conservative and radical bourgeoisie, reserving, however, the right to take up a critical position in regard to phrases and illusions traditionally handed down from the great Revolution. (reference)

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To whom did this anarchical doubter ally himself in this phalanx of absolute minds?

He became the ally of a boy named Aubrey Mills and founded with him a gang of adventurers in the avenue.

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Business

Indeed, if the bidding for the two Anyang and Buchon generators is any indication (two separate generators whose auction precedes that of the Gencos), then foreign firms will be looking to ally themselves with domestic companies to try and give themselves an inside edge. Many companies representing several countries have expressed interest in Korea's generation sector, and already some have made strategic partnerships. (references)

Discrimination

Hong Kong

Human rights activists generally considered the Government's Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) an ally in the fight against discrimination. (references)

Economic History

Argentina

Argentina was designated a major non-NATO ally in 1998. (references)

Denmark

Denmark is a close NATO ally, and overall U.S.-Danish relations are excellent. (references)

Human Rights

Cote d'Ivoire

They reportedly requested that he accuse RDR spokesperson Ally Coulibaly of asking him to pick up weapons at Coulibaly's house in Niemene for a coup in Abidjan. (references)

Guyana

The BASS confrontation with Azad Bacchus, Shaazad Bacchus, and Fadil Ally triggered 3 days of protests, and on August 16, BASS personnel, confined to their office, started to shoot when demonstrators attacked the BASS office in the Corentyne. (references)

Guyana

On August 14, Azad Bacchus, his son Shaazad Bacchus, and nephew Fadil Ally were killed in the early morning during a confrontation with members of the Berbice Anti-Smuggling Squad (BASS) following events that included a civilian raid on the Skeldon hospital. (references)

Political Economy

Turkey

Turkey has been a vital U.S. ally since the beginning of the Cold War. (references)

Ireland

While not an American military ally, Ireland is one of America's closest friends and an important U.S. partner in many global fora. (references)

Czech Rep

The Czech Republic became a NATO ally in 1999. The U.S. supports Czech participation in Western economic and political institutions and has played a major role in facilitating the Czech Republic's transition to a market economy. (references)

Worker Rights

Mexico

However, several unions did not ally themselves with the PRI, including SNTE, the large teacher's union, which severed its PRI ties a decade ago, and freed its minority factions--including the CNTE, a breakaway teachers' union--to cooperate openly with other parties, particularly the PRD. In April the Federal Employee Union Federation (FSTSE) ended its long-standing relationship with the PRI. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "ally": ally oneself ♦ ally with ♦ blind ally ♦ fern ally. Additional references.

Ending with "ally": Co-ally, natur-ally, pro-ally, Re-ally, schematic-ally.

Containing "ally": vocation-ally-trained.

Albanian

aleat (allied, confederate, interallied), bashkoj (add together, amalgamate, band together, close up, combine, compound, conglomerate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, consolidate, couple, fuse, fuze, glue, hook up, inosculate, integrate, interlock, join, joint, knit, link, merge, piece, piece together, pool, solder, splice, unify, unite, weld). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نصير (adherent, booster, friend, proponent, proselyte, protagonist, souteneur, sponsor), ‏حليف (allied, confederate), ‏حالف, ‏عهد (covenant, date, epoch, era, pact, period, pledge, promise, rule, testament, time), ‏صاهر (marry, marry off), ‏جمع (accumulate, add, addition, aggregate, amass, assemblage, assemble, band, be gathered, cast, collect, collecting, collection, combination, combine, compile, compose, congregate, connecting, corral, embody, fund, gather, gathering, glean, go berrying, grouping, herd, ingathering, joining up, lump, marshal, muster, pickup, piece together, pile, pile up, pool, put together, raise, rake, rally, reap, round up, scratch, scratch together, stack, sum, sum up, summation, summing up, tot, total, totalize, unite, uniting). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съюзявам се (confederate, gang), съюзявам, съюзник (confederate), съдружник (affiliate, associate, pard, partner, sidekick), свързвам (articulate, associate, bandage, bond, brace, bracket, catenate, colligate, concatenate, conjoin, conjugate, construe, couple, gather, interconnect, join, knot, lash, link, marry, mate, pack, piece out, piece together, put through, run on, truss, weld), сплотявам се (close up), растение от същия род, животно от същия род, помощник (acolyte, adjunct, adjuvant, affiliate, aid, aide, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, coadjutor, confederate, help, helper, lieutenant, mate, pander, second, secondary, subsidiary). (various references)

Chinese 

盟友 (Allies). (various references)

Czech

spojit se (get together, integrate, join together), spojenec (bedfellow), připojit se (join in, re-join, tag on). (various references)

Danish

automatiseret indlæring baseret på første ordens logik (automated learning with a logical yoke). (various references)

Farsi 

پیوستن (Adhere, Adjoin, Affiliate, Affix, Annex, Associate, Attach, Cement, Cleave, Cling, Connect, Couple, Join, Meet, Sort, Weld), متحدکردن (Band, Herd, Incorporate, Join, League, Unify, Unite), معین (Accessory, Adjutant, Ancillary, Auxiliary, Definite, Given, Positive, Precise, Punctual, Regular, Specific, Standard, Subsidiary), هم پیمان (Confederate), دوست (Amicable, Chum, Friend, Leal, Schoolmate). (various references)

Finnish

liittolainen. (various references)

French

apprentissage automatique avec un joug logique, ALLY, alliance (alliance), allié (allied), s'allier avec, s'allier, collecter, coalisé (allied). (various references)

German

alliierte, verschworene (accomplice, conspirator, plotter), Verbuendete, verbündete (allied, allies, leagued). (various references)

Greek 

σύμμαχοσ (allied), συνδέω (associate, attach, bond, brace, clip, con., conjoin, conn., connect, connecting, couple, hook up, interlock, join, knot, leash, link, link-up, put through, span, splice, syndicate, to about, to butt, to splice), συνδέομαι (associate, be connected, cling, connect, consort, federate, get through, get through to, syndicate, tie in with, to about, to butt), συμμαχώ (confederate), συμμαχία (alliance, coalition). (various references)

Hebrew 

לאח�" (amalgamate, combine, consolidate, fuse, incorporate, join, reunite, unite), ל�"ביא בברית (make convent), שותף (associate, co partner, partner), בן ברית (allied, jew), בעל ברית (confederate). (various references)

Hungarian

szövetséges (allied, auxiliary, combiner, confederate, federal, federate). (various references)

Indonesian

sekutu (cabal, confederate, copartner), bersekutu (allied, federate). (various references)

Italian

alleato (allied, confederate), alleare, unire (add, associate, attach, combine, come together, connect, integrate, interlock, join, join up, joint, knit, link, merge, mix, piece, unite), collegare (attach, binding, bond, bracket, connect, get in touch, interlock, interrelate, join, link, link up, linking, relate). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

身方 (friend, supporter), 盟邦 (allied powers), 同盟国 , 味方 (friend, supporter), 与国 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

どうめい�"く, めいほう (allied powers), よ�"く (advance notice, preliminary announcement, previous note), みかた (friend, supporter, viewpoint). (various references)

Korean 

맹방 (Allies). (various references)

Manx

fer coonee (adjutant, aider, auxiliary, collaborator, confederate, helper, relief), cumraag (companion, comrade, escort, escort to a lady, fellow, mate, pal), cheughey (align, alignment, side). (various references)

Pig Latin

allyay

Portuguese

aliar-se a, aliar-se (league), aliar (alloy), aliado (allied, confederate, friend, union), unir-se (band together, cling, join, unite), unir (adjoin, attach, band, cement, compact, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, dower, fasten, faze, fish eggs, fuse, gather, hold true, incorporated, inosculate, join, knit, link, marry, mate, put together, splice, team up, unite, Wed, yoke), combinar (agree, assort, bespeak, blend, coincide, combine, compound, conjoin, conjugate, connect, go aboard, join forces with, make up, Marshal, match, mix, put to, settle, unite), bolinha de gude (marble). (various references)

Romanian

aliat (allied, confederate), alia (alloy, partner), se uni (associate, band together, coalesce, combine, commingle, conjoin, conjugate, connect, inosculate, join, join hands, unite, weld), se alia (confederate). (various references)

Russian 

союзник (allies), соединяться (amalgamate, associate, coalesce, connect, couple, interlock, knit, merge, pair, reunite, unite, yoke together). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ujediniti se, stupiti u savez, saveznik (leaguer). (various references)

Spanish

aliado (allied). (various references)

Swedish

förena (annex, combine, consort, couple, join, link, pull together, reconcile, unify, unite). (various references)

Turkish

müttefik (allied, confederate, unanimous), katmak (add, adjoin, affiliate, annex, append, include, incorporate, inosculate, integrate, interpolate, join, load, mingle, mix, number, put in, run in, superadd, tack, tinge, weave), katılmak (accompany, adhere, affiliate, ally oneself, attach oneself to, attend, be a party to, be in the swim, be out of breath, be out of the swim, be superadded, chip in, club, club together, come into, contract in, contribute, enter, enter into, go in for, go with, identify oneself with, join, join in, mingle, number, partake, participate, play ball, precondition, put in an appearance, range, share, share in, sit for, sit in, stand in, subscribe, subscribe to, take a share in, take part, team up, weigh in with), genetik olarak birbirine bağlı canlı, dost (associate, bean, bedfellow, brother, Comrade, connection, connexion, crony, fellow, forthcoming, friend, lover, pal, pard), birleştirmek (aggregate, amalgamate, assemble, associate, colligate, combine, compound, confederate, congregate, conjoin, connect, consolidate, consubstantiate, couple, dovetail, federate, fuze, incorporate, inosculate, integrate, interconnect, interlink, join, joint, knit together, knit up, link up, match, mediatize, patch up, piece, piece together, pool, put to, put together, reunite, stick together, tack, tag, unify, unite, wed to), birleşmek (affiliate, agree, ally oneself, amalgamate, associate oneself, band together, be made one, coalesce, combine, confederate, congregate, conjoin, conjugate, converge, couple, fasten, federate, fuze, gang, incorporate, inosculate, join, knit, knit up, link, make one, meld, merge, reunite, unite, weld). (various references)

Turkmen 

яoldaю (companion, friend). (various references)

Ukranian 

союзник (confederate), слуга (attendant, awaiter, boots, domestic, gyp, house-boy, man, menial, servant, varlet, vassal), вступати в союз (alliance), об'�"днуватися (alliance, associate, club, coalesce, consolidate, incorporate, solder), об'�"днувати в союз, бути зв'язаним родинними узами, помічник (acolyte, adjunct, adjutant, adjuvant, aid, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, contributor, help, helper, helpmate, second, secondary, seconder, subsidiary, tender). (various references)

Vietnamese 

nước liên minh, nước đ�"ng minh, bạn đ�"ng minh. (various references)

Welsh

cynghreiriwr (confederate), cynghreirio (confederate, league), cynghreiriad (confederate). (various references)

alligare, amice, amici, amicis, amico, amicorum, amicos, amicum, amicus, copulabis, copulabitur, copulabuntur, copulari, copulata, copulatas, copulatus, copulavi, copulavit, sociabat, sociaberis, sociabis, sociabitur, socians, sociare, sociata, sociatus, sociaverunt, socii, sociis, socio, sociorum, sociorumque, socios, socium, socius. (various references)

alier. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "ally": allying, allyl, allylic, allyls. (additional references)

Words ending with "ally": abdominally, abiogenically, abiotically, abnormally, aborally, aboriginally, abysmally, academically, accentually, accidentally, acerbically, achromatically, acoustically, acrobatically, acronymically, acropetally, acrostically, actinically, actually, actuarially, adaptationally, additionally, adiabatically, adjectivally, adrenergically, adverbially, aerially, aerobically, aerodynamically, aeronautically, aesthetically, affectionally, agonistically, agriculturally, agronomically, alchemically, alcoholically, algebraically, algorithmically, allegorically, allopatrically, allosterically, allotypically, alogically, alphabetically, alphanumerically, altruistically, ambrosially, amitotically, amorally, amphitheatrically. (additional references)

Words containing "ally": ballyhoo, ballyhooed, ballyhooing, ballyhoos, ballyrag, ballyragged, ballyragging, ballyrags, counterrallying, dallying, dillydallying, gallying, lallygag, lallygagged, lallygagging, lallygags, misallying, rallye, rallyes, rallying, rallyings, rallyist, rallyists, sallying, scallywag, scallywags, tallyho, tallyhoed, tallyhoing, tallyhos, tallying, tallyman, tallymen, wallydraigle, wallydraigles. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Ally" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aelwyd, afli, agly, aily, Akli, Alby, alcy, Aldy, aley, Alfy, ali, alie, alil, aliya, alla, Allc, alle, alli, allid, allie, allii, allin, Allio, alll, allll, allr, Allwyn, allyl, Allyne, almy, aloy, alty, aly, alya, Alyd, anly, aoli, aplly, aply, arly, atly, cally, elly, elmly, Illy, Illych, jaly, laly, larly, Llyr, Qly, Ulli, vally, wlly. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: all, lay.

-2 letters: al, ay, la, ya.

+1 letter: alkyl, allay, alley, alloy, allyl, bally, dally, gally, laxly, loyal, pally, rally, sally, tally, wally.

+2 letters: alanyl, alkyls, allays, alleys, alloys, allyls, alphyl, anally, argyll, baldly, ballsy, calmly, chally, cullay, dually, flatly, galley, gladly, lacily, lamely, lanely, lankly, lastly, lately, lazily, leally, lealty, leanly, orally, ovally, palely, psylla, rallye, really, valley.

+3 letters: adultly, agilely, alanyls, alertly, alienly, alkylic, allayed, allayer, allergy, allonym, alloyed, allying, allylic, aloofly, alphyls, aphylly, areally, argylls, aurally, awfully, axially, balkily, balmily, banally, basally, blackly, blandly, blankly, bleakly, callboy, calycle, cavally, cecally, cleanly, clearly, clypeal, cullays, daylily, drywall, ducally, equally, eyeball, fallacy, falsely, fatally, finally, flakily, flyable, flyleaf, focally, frailly, fugally, gallery, galleys, gallfly, gyrally, hallway, hazelly, ideally, jurally, lairdly, laithly, langley, lankily, largely, leakily, legally, loathly, locally, lovably, loyaler, loyally, loyalty, lullaby, lyrical, manlily, mesally, misally, modally, morally, nasally, navally, nodally, papally, payroll, penally, plainly, playful, playlet, pliably, psyllas, rallyes, ravelly, regally, rollway, royally, rurally, salably, sallowy, saltily, slackly, squally, stalely, syllabi, tallboy, tallowy, tallyho, tidally, tollway, tonally, totally, usually, vagally, validly, valleys, venally, virally, vitally, vocally, wallaby, walleye, waybill, zonally.

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