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C1[C]agroupoforganizations,countries,regions, etc. that havejoinedtogether toformalargerorganizationorgovernment: 同盟，联盟；联邦 theRussianfederation俄罗斯联邦 [U]theactofforminga federation: 结成联邦；结盟 The federation of the sixoriginalAustralianstatestookplacein 1901.1901年澳大利亚最初的6个州结成联邦。 He's againstEuropeanfederation.他反对欧洲联盟。 - Thetradefederationpromotescooperationbetweenlocalbusinesses.
- Thechairmenareproposingthat a federation of the twoleaguesshould takeplace.
- Theorganizationwasformedin 1982 by the federation of threeseparatefirms.
- OpponentsarguethatEuropeanfederationshiftspoweraway fromnationstates.
- A federation ofcharitieshavelauncheda newcampaignagainstheartdisease.
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See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: federation| American Dictionaryagroupoforganizations,states, etc., that haveunitedtoformalargerorganizationorgovernment: Canada is a federation ofprovincesandterritories. federation| Business English[C]agroupoforganizations,regions,countries, etc. that havejoinedtogether toformalargerorganizationorgovernment: a federation of states/companies/trade unions, etc.TheUnitedStatesis a federation of 50individualstates. [U]theactofforminga federation: He's againstEuropeanfederation. the federation of states/companies/trade unions, etc.The federation of the sixoriginalAustralianstatestookplacein 1901. Examplesoffederationfederation The principal focus of this literature is the application of the balanced budget rule to sub-national levels of government, in particular regions within (fiscal) federations.From theCambridge English Corpus Corporatist government involves co-operation between encompassing labour and business federations, previously locked in a zero-sum distributional game.From theCambridge English Corpus In an important sense, as ties to shared voluntary federations have diminished, civic localism has increased.From theCambridge English Corpus Emboldened by these successes, as the war was nearing its end, both labor federations announced large-scale organizing drives.From theCambridge English Corpus However, the two union federations differ significantly in terms of membership composition.From theCambridge English Corpus While focused on securing the economic survival of their members, the coca growers' federations assumed many features of ethno-cultural movements.From theCambridge English Corpus No negotiation or sales of chewing gum could be made without the authorisation of the federation's president.From theCambridge English Corpus He was chie-y responsible for the federation's journal, ®rst published in 1898.From theCambridge English Corpus Overall, the workings of many of the provincial federations would appear to have been very irregular and at times totally chaotic.From theCambridge English Corpus At regional plenums only delegates from the different local or provincial federations attended, while at national plenums delegates from the regional committees attended.From theCambridge English Corpus The transfer partly substitutes the automatic stabilization that the federal government budget provides in more mature fiscal federations.From theCambridge English Corpus Since the federation's policies were vetoed, the central government, as well as the cantons, began to subsidise the social security programmes of these private carriers.From theCambridge English Corpus Agents are first partitioned into federations, called sectors, where membership is based on their geographic proximity.From theCambridge English Corpus Minorities erupted all over the country, demanding amongst other things an end to marginalisation, local political autonomy, rights to self-determination and a greater share of the federation's resources.From theCambridge English Corpus Due to the federation's lack of responsibility in the field of social insurance, the legislation process in the field of social policy was split into two stages.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |