FEDERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does federation mean? 

• FEDERATION (noun)
  The noun FEDERATION has 3 senses:

1. an organization formed by merging several groups or parties

2. a union of political organizations

3. the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs

  Familiarity information: FEDERATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEDERATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An organization formed by merging several groups or parties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("federation" is a kind of...):

organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "federation"):

AFL; American Federation of Labor (a federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955)

AFL-CIO; American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (the largest federation of North American labor unions; formed in 1955)

CIO; Congress of Industrial Organizations (a federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955)

Derivation:

federate (unite on a federal basis or band together as a league)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A union of political organizations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

confederacy; confederation; federation

Hypernyms ("federation" is a kind of...):

union (a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "federation"):

nation (a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes))

Creek Confederacy (a North American Indian confederacy organized by the Muskogee that dominated the southeastern part of the United States before being removed to Oklahoma)

Hanseatic League (a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power; the last official assembly was held in 1669)

Derivation:

federate (unite on a federal basis or band together as a league)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("federation" is a kind of...):

constitution; establishment; formation; organisation; organization (the act of forming or establishing something)

Derivation:

federate (unite on a federal basis or band together as a league)