Marriage - English meaning

noun

The state or process of affiliating or being affiliated.

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The group has no affiliation to any preservation society

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The relationship between two companies that are officially connected to each other

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And that's exactly what's behind our new affiliation: growing the business.

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A connection with a political party or religion, or with a larger organization

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The group has affiliations with several organizations abroad., their lack of affiliation to any par…

noun

A union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.

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A defensive alliance between australia and new zealand

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A group of countries, political parties, or people who work together because of shared interests or aims, or the act of forming such a group

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[ c ] switzerland does not belong to any military alliance., [ u ] alliance against our common enem…

noun

An agreement to work with another person, organization, etc. to try to achieve the same thing

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A business/economic/marketing alliance, forge/form/enter into an alliance with sb/sth the company w…

noun

The action, process, or result of combining or uniting.

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The threat of amalgamation with another college

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The process in which separate organizations unite to form a larger organization or group, or an organization or group formed in this way

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The association was formed by the amalgamation of several regional environmental organizations., th…

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(often in names) a group of people organized for a joint purpose.

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The national association of probation officers

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A group of people united in an organization because of their common interests

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The aarp, the american association of retired persons, is a huge organization with millions of memb…

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A group of people or organizations who work together for a particular purpose, often used in the names of particular organizations

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The creation of more part-time jobs is supported by the employers' association., a business/profess…

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A joining or merging of different parts or qualities in which the component elements are individually distinct.

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A magnificent combination of drama, dance, and music

noun

A mixture obtained when two or more things are combined

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[ c ] green is a combination of blue and yellow., [ c ] a combination of tiredness and boredom made…

noun

A result of two or more things joining together

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A combination of sth and sth a combination of economic slowdown and tax cuts is having a drastic ef…

noun

A relationship in which a person or thing is linked or associated with something else.

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The connections between social attitudes and productivity

noun

The fact of arriving on an aircraft, train, etc., before a second vehicle, on which passengers can continue their trip, leaves

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We were delayed and missed our connection., [ c ] a sewer connection, [ c ] science has not shown a…

noun

A relationship between two things, ideas, etc.

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Connection between sth and sth a study of the connection between pay and performance, a(n) internet…

noun

A device for connecting parts of machinery.

Usage examples:

Undo the couplings so you can lift the pump out

verb

Link or combine (something) with something else.

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A sense of hope is coupled with a palpable sense of loss

noun

A device that joins two things together

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The carriage at the end of the train was left stranded when the coupling broke.

noun

An act of adopting or supporting a cause, belief, or way of life.

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His espousal of western ideas

noun

The act of becoming involved with or supporting an activity or opinion

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Espousal of espousal of such liberal ideas won't make her very popular around here., she is known f…

noun

A marriage or engagement (= promise to marry)

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At last the day arrived which had been fixed for the espousals., he informed them of notable events…

noun

The process or result of joining two or more things together to form a single entity.

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The election results produced pressure for fusion of the parties

noun

Fusion is also the technique of joining atoms in a reaction that produces energy

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[ u ] nuclear fusion

noun

An occasion when two or more things join or are combined

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Nuclear fusion, their music is described as "an explosive fusion of latin american and modern jazz …

collocation

Connect or link

phrasal verb

Link someone or something to an object, especially electronic equipment.

Usage examples:

I'm having trouble hooking up to my wireless printer

phrasal verb

(of two people) meet or form a relationship.

Usage examples:

He hooked up with a friend in budapest

noun

A combination of two things, especially companies, into one.

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A merger between two supermarket chains

noun

The combining of two or more companies or organizations into one

noun

A situation when two or more companies, organizations, departments, etc. join together

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The boards finally approved the merger between the two energy groups., merger of two companies, etc…

noun

A wedding.

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The forthcoming nuptials between richard and jocelyn

adjective

Relating to marriage or weddings.

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Moments of nuptial bliss

plural noun

A marriage ceremony; a wedding

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The nuptials will take place in the home of the bride’s parents.

noun

The process of being united or made into a whole.

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The costs of german unification

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The forming of a single thing by bringing together separate parts

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Germany was transformed after the fall of the berlin wall and the unification of the country.

noun

The action of joining together or the fact of being joined together, especially in a political context.

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He was opposed to closer political or economic union with europe

noun

The act or the state of being joined together

noun

An organization that represents the people who work in a particular industry, protects their rights and may agree pay, working conditions, etc. with their employers

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"no date has yet been set for a strike, the union said in a statement to the press this morning., t…

noun

A marriage ceremony, especially considered as including the associated celebrations.

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It is consumed almost exclusively by men in the evening or at celebrations such as weddings.

verb

Get married to.

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He was to wed the king's daughter

noun

A ceremony in which two people marry

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Rosie’s wedding is in july., she had an elegant wedding dress.