English-Thai Dictionary

federation

N สหพันธรัฐ  สห รัฐ  สหพันธ์  สหภาพ  alliance confederacy sa-ha-pan-ta-rad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FEDERATION

n. 1. The act of uniting in a league.
2. A league; a confederacy.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FEDERATION

Fed `er *a "tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fédération.]

 

1. The act of uniting in a league; confederation.

 

2. A league; a confederacy; a federal or confederated government. Burke.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

federation

fed er a tion |ˌfedəˈrāSHən ˈˌfɛdəˈreɪʃən | ▶noun a group of states with a central government but independence in internal affairs: [ in names ] : should the world be governed by a Pax Americana or by a democratic UN federation? • an organization or group within which smaller divisions have some degree of internal autonomy: [ in names ] : the best tag team in the World Wrestling Federation. • the action of forming states or organizations into a single group with centralized control: a first step in the federation of Europe. DERIVATIVES fed er a tion ist |-ist |noun ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French fédération, from late Latin foederatio (n- ), from the verb foederare ‘to ally, ’ from foedus ‘league. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

federation

fed ¦er |ation |fɛdəˈreɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 a group of states with a central government but independence in internal affairs: [ in names ] : the Russian Federation. • an organization or group within which smaller divisions have some degree of internal autonomy: [ in names ] : the World Chess Federation. 2 [ mass noun ] the action of forming states or organizations into a single group with centralized control: a first step in the federation of Europe. DERIVATIVES federationist noun ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French fédération, from late Latin foederatio (n- ), from the verb foederare ‘to ally ’, from foedus ‘league ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

federation

federation noun a federation of thirteen states: confederation, confederacy, league; combination, alliance, coalition, union, syndicate, guild, consortium, partnership, cooperative, association, amalgamation; informal federacy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

federation

federation noun a world federation of Protestant denominations: confederation, confederacy, federacy, league; combination, combine, alliance, coalition, union, syndicate, guild, consortium, partnership, co-partnership, cooperative, association, amalgamation, entente, alignment; German Bund; rare consociation, sodality.

 

French Dictionary

fédération

fédération n. f. nom féminin 1 Groupement de plusieurs États en un seul État fédéral. 2 Association de plusieurs sociétés, syndicats, groupes. : La Fédération des travailleurs du Québec. Note Typographique La désignation d ’organismes, d ’institutions, d ’associations s ’écrit avec une majuscule initiale.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

federation

fed er a tion /fèdəréɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 1 C (組合 同業者の組織などの )連盟 , 連合 ▸ the Federation of American Scientists 米科学者連盟 2 C 連邦 (政府 ).3 U C 連合 (すること ), 連邦化 .