American English pronunciation
How to pronounce confederation
IPA transcription: [kən,fɛdɚ'eɪʃən]
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Noun
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a union of political organizations
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the state of being allied or confederated
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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.