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# ally

«ally» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person, group or country that agrees to help and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an ally, allies); verb (ally, allies, allied, allying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person, group or country that agrees to help and support you, especially against someone else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ally/#m1)

2) (verb) To join with someone to help and support each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ally/#m2)

3) Someone who supports a group that is treated unfairly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ally/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

History: countries form allies in wars. Everyday and school: a friend who stands up for you is an ally; anti-bullying lessons talk about being an ally. Phrases: close ally, ally with, ally yourself with.

### examples

- France was Britain's ally in the war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ally/#x1)
- When others teased him, she was his ally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ally/#x2)
- The two countries became allies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ally/#x3)
- Be an ally: speak up when someone is bullied. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ally/#x4)
- The rebels allied themselves with the farmers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ally/#x5)
- Having one ally in a new school helps a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ally/#x6)

### note

Noun stress AL-ly, verb often a-LY. Plural allies. Do not confuse with "alley" (a narrow lane) — different spelling and meaning.

### In the corpora

- [Words ending in -ic add -ally: basically, dramatically; «publicly» is the exception.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/21/)
- [All these came as allies unto the vale of Siddim — the same is the Salt Sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.355/)
- [Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance; and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.368/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ally» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ally/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.