American English pronunciation

How to pronounce confederation

IPA transcription: [kən,fɛdɚ'eɪʃən]

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[kən,fɛdɚ'eɪʃən]

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[kən,fɛdɚ'eɪʃən]

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Noun

  • a union of political organizations

  • the state of being allied or confederated

  • the act of forming an alliance or confederation

Usage examples

  • Langevin also attended all three conferences leading up to Confederation.
  • The Covenant is a confederation of member covens and solitaires.
  • However, during their late period, more principalities formed in the Buyid confederation.
  • The Fenian threat prompted calls for Canadian confederation.
  • It remained unchanged throughout the Gambia's seven-year confederation with Senegal.
  • Australia has since moved to the Asian confederation.
  • The confederation legalized the previously unwritten customs of religious tolerance.
  • The village is the birthplace of Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley, a Father of Confederation.
  • Only then could a province leave confederation.
  • It is also charged by the Confederation with the task of coin distribution.