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# federation

«federation» in Mova's school dictionary: **a country made of states or provinces that each run some…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a federation, federations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A federation is a country made of states or provinces that each run some of their own matters, but share one central government, like the USA, Canada, Australia or Germany. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/federation/#m1)

2) A federation is also a group of clubs, unions or organisations that join together, like a football federation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/federation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship and geography lessons, pupils learn that Australia became a federation when its colonies joined, and that in a federation power is shared between national and state governments. In sport, federations make the rules, like FIFA, the world football federation. Phrases: «the Russian Federation», «a federation of», «football federation».

### examples

- Australia is a federation of six states and two territories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/federation/#x1)
- The USA is a federation with fifty states. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/federation/#x2)
- The national football federation chose a new coach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/federation/#x3)
- The Russian Federation is the official name of Russia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/federation/#x4)
- In a federation, states can make some of their own laws. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/federation/#x5)
- Several unions joined to form a federation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/federation/#x6)

### note

Countable noun. Adjective: federal (the federal government). Do not confuse with «confederation» (a looser union) or «federal» with «feudal».

### Trees and pragmatics

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