| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. An association, especially of nations for a common cause: alliance, Anschluss, bloc, cartel, coalition, confederacy, confederation, federation, organization, union. See CONNECT, GROUP, POLITICS. 2. A division of persons or things by quality, rank, or grade: bracket, class, grade, order, rank1, tier. See GROUP, VALUE. 3. A group of athletic teams that play each other: association, circuit, conference, loop. See GROUP. 4. A group of people united in a relationship and having some interest, activity, or purpose in common: association, club, confederation, congress, federation, fellowship, fraternity, guild, order, organization, society, sorority, union. See GROUP. | | VERB: | 1. To be formally associated, as by treaty: align, ally, confederate, federate. See CONNECT, POLITICS. 2. To assemble or join in a group: band2, combine, gang up, unite. See COLLECT.
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