federations
- 1Plural of federation.
Several national federations threatened to boycott the tournament over the new rules.
The historian compared the two federations, asking how much power each left to its member states.
Note
In the plural the word counts separate bodies of one kind: unions of states under an elected central government, organizations built from member groups, such as national sporting federations, and alliances of network providers whose systems work together. In Australia, Federation also names an architectural style, but that use is an adjective and takes no plural.
federations is a form of federation
federation, noun: A union of nations or states joined under one central authority, which the members themselves elect. Full entry
- Forms
- federationfederations plural
- Spelling
- federation → federations: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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