federation

Word family nounfederationverbfederateadjectivefederative

Related topics: Organizations, Groupings

fed·e·ra·tion /ˌfedəˈreɪʃən/ AWL noun

1 [countableC]SSO a group of organizations, clubs, or people that have joined together to form a single group 联合会；联盟 → confederation

the National Federation of Women’s Institutes

〔英国及英联邦国家〕妇女协会全国联合会

2 [countableC]PPG a group of states that have joined together to form a single group 联邦

the Russian Federation

俄罗斯联邦

3. [uncountableU]PPGSSO when groups of people, states etc join together to form a larger group 联邦；同盟

Examples from the Corpus

federation• Chamber of Commerce and Telcom Ventures, is rapidly assembling a federation of state and local chambers of commerce across the country.• That question is not addressed to an association or a federation.• Fewer than twenty-five states are federations, but this group includes nearly one-half of the land area of the world.• Ironically, it was one of the first broadcasts which extended to the entire federation since its collapse last year.• the U.S. Gymnastics Federation in Indianapolis• the National Federation of Master Builders• He is now chairman of the British Olympic Federation.• Nations and ethnic groups, similarly, would have equal rights, at least within the Soviet federation.• Her case was supported by the Chicago Teachers Federation.• The Treaty defined the demarcation of powers between the federation and the constituent republics as a component element of the new Constitution.• The balance of these federations is kinetic.• The two federations have worked together fairly closely.

From Longman Business Dictionary

federationfed·e·ra·tion /ˌfedəˈreɪʃən/ noun [countableC]

1ORGANIZATIONSa group of organizations, clubs, or people that have joined together to form a single group to represent their interests, and often used in the names of professional associations and TRADE UNIONs

the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

the National Federation of Independent Business

→ labor federation

2a group of states that have joined together to form a single group

Was the Soviet Union to be a federation or a looser arrangement of independent states?

—federated adjectiveadj

Some Europeans want a federated nation state.

单词	federation
释义	federation Word family nounfederationverbfederateadjectivefederative Related topics: Organizations, Groupings fed·e·ra·tion /ˌfedəˈreɪʃən/ AWL noun 1 [countableC]SSO a group of organizations, clubs, or people that have joined together to form a single group 联合会；联盟 → confederation the National Federation of Women’s Institutes 〔英国及英联邦国家〕妇女协会全国联合会 2 [countableC]PPG a group of states that have joined together to form a single group 联邦 the Russian Federation 俄罗斯联邦 3. [uncountableU]PPGSSO when groups of people, states etc join together to form a larger group 联邦；同盟 Examples from the Corpus federation• Chamber of Commerce and Telcom Ventures, is rapidly assembling a federation of state and local chambers of commerce across the country.• That question is not addressed to an association or a federation.• Fewer than twenty-five states are federations, but this group includes nearly one-half of the land area of the world.• Ironically, it was one of the first broadcasts which extended to the entire federation since its collapse last year.• the U.S. Gymnastics Federation in Indianapolis• the National Federation of Master Builders• He is now chairman of the British Olympic Federation.• Nations and ethnic groups, similarly, would have equal rights, at least within the Soviet federation.• Her case was supported by the Chicago Teachers Federation.• The Treaty defined the demarcation of powers between the federation and the constituent republics as a component element of the new Constitution.• The balance of these federations is kinetic.• The two federations have worked together fairly closely. From Longman Business Dictionary federationfed·e·ra·tion /ˌfedəˈreɪʃən/ noun [countableC] 1ORGANIZATIONSa group of organizations, clubs, or people that have joined together to form a single group to represent their interests, and often used in the names of professional associations and TRADE UNIONs the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees the National Federation of Independent Business → labor federation 2a group of states that have joined together to form a single group Was the Soviet Union to be a federation or a looser arrangement of independent states? —federated adjectiveadj Some Europeans want a federated nation state.
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