ALLIED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Allied mean? 

• ALLIED (adjective)
  The adjective ALLIED has 5 senses:

1. related by common characteristics or ancestry

2. of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War II

3. of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War I

4. united in a confederacy or league

5. joined by treaty or agreement

  Familiarity information: ALLIED used as an adjective is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALLIED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Related by common characteristics or ancestry

Context example:

allied studies

Similar:

related (connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War II

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the Allied armies

Pertainym:

Allies (the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War I

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the Allied powers

Pertainym:

Allies (in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers)

Sense 4

Meaning:

United in a confederacy or league

Synonyms:

allied; confederate; confederative

Similar:

united (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Joined by treaty or agreement

Similar:

aligned (brought into agreement or cooperation on the side of a faction, party, or cause)

 Context examples 

Co-researcher and Head of La Trobe's School of Allied Health, Professor Catherine Itsiopoulos, said the results were promising.

(Fish-Rich Diet Beneficial for Children with Asthma, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Sighs and fine words had been given in abundance; but she could hardly devise any set of expressions, or fancy any tone of voice, less allied with real love.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

An aromatic hydrocarbon in coal tar, allied to naphthalene and anthracene.

(Chrysene, NCI Thesaurus)

My sister and I, you will recollect, were twins, and you know how subtle are the links which bind two souls which are so closely allied.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They are peculiar to this part of the world, though allied to the ordinary gipsies all the world over.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

There was the same candour, the same vivacity, but it was allied to an expression more full of sensibility and intellect.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The actions of prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical and allied health professions.

(Healthcare Activity, NCI Thesaurus)

Without my knowing why, these tears allied themselves with the quietly sad smile which was so fixed in my remembrance, and shook me more with hope than fear or sorrow.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The ACOSOG (Durham, NC) includes general and specialty surgeons, representatives of related oncologic disciplines and allied health professionals in academic medical centers and community practices throughout the US and foreign countries.

(American College of Surgeons Oncology Group, NCI Thesaurus)

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Peoria, Illinois, helped mass produce the antibiotic during World War II to treat Allied soldiers and later civilians.

(Soil Bacterium Tapped for Penicillin Guard Duty, U.S. Department of Agriculture)