Added 1 October 2026
ally
/ˈæl.aɪ/ verb
In Latin: socio Wiktionary
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- To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty. Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to (someone or something) by similarity in features or nature. To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc., someone or something else.
- To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
- Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to (someone or something) by similarity in features or nature.
noun
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A person who co-operates with or helps another; an associate; a friend. A person who, or organization which, supports a demographic group subject to discrimination and/or misrepresentation but is not a member of the group; specifically , a person who is not a member of the LGBT+ community but is supportive of it.
I’m glad you want to be a better ally to the disabled.
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A person who, or organization which, supports a demographic group subject to discrimination and/or misrepresentation but is not a member of the group; specifically , a person who is not a member of the LGBT+ community but is supportive of it.
I’m glad you want to be a better ally to the disabled.
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A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.
The two countries were allies in World War I.
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- One's relatives; kin, kindred, relations; also, relationship through descent or marriage; kinship.
- People, groups, states, etc., which are associated or united with each other for a common purpose; confederates; also, the state of being allied; alliance, confederation.
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Origin
From Middle English allien, alien (“to form an alliance, associate, join; to become an ally; to introduce (someone) as an ally; to marry; to become related (to someone); to attack, engage in combat; to combine; (cooking) to combine ingredients, especially to bind them together”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman alier, allier, Middle French alier, allier [and other forms], and Old French alier (“to join together, unite; to alloy (metals); (cooking) to combine ingredients”) (modern French allier), from Latin alligāre, the present active infinitive of alligō, adligō (“to bind around, to, or up (something), bandage, fasten, fetter, tie; to hold fast; to detain, hinder”), from al-, ad- (inten.
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