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bloc
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bloc has 1 sense
- bloc(n = noun.group) axis - a group of countries in special alliance; Array is a kind of alignment, alinement, alliance, coalition
has particulars: scheduled territories, sterling area, sterling bloc
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bloc, n. a combination of parties, governments, groups, etc. sharing a common purpose.
Idiom
bloc vote = block vote.
Etymology
F, = block
THESAURUS
bloc
Bund, Rochdale cooperative, alliance, assemblage, association, axis, band, body, coalition, college, combination, combine, common market, confederacy, confederation, consumer cooperative, cooperative, cooperative society, corps, council, credit union, customs union, economic community, faction, federation, free trade area, gang, group, grouping, league, machine, mob, partnership, party, political machine, ring, society, union
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