bloc
A group of voters or politicians who share common goalsA group of voters or politicians who share common goals.
» Hungary was part of the communist bloc.
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2 sensesA group of voters or politicians who share common goals.
Block
блокblok, группиро́вкаgruppiróvka
A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance.
military bloc
trading bloc
Block
блокblok
a group of countries in special alliance
Examples
7 sentencesHungary was part of the communist bloc.
Those agenda items were taken up en bloc for discussion.
deDiese Punkte der Tagesordnung wurden zusammengefasst zur Diskussion gestellt. — Tamy
Indigeneity only matters selectively to the so-called "anti-imperialist" bloc.
I would like to stress that it is more convenient to control tariffs as a bloc rather than country by country.
ruЯ хотел бы подчеркнуть, что более удобно управлять тарифами блоками, а не по странам. — maks
India and China are two BRIC bloc countries.
ruИндия и Китай - две страны блока БРИК. — marafon
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French bloc (“group, block”), ultimately of Old Dutch origin, from FrankishBorrowed from French bloc (“group, block”), ultimately of Old Dutch origin, from Frankish or Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”). Doublet of block.
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Forms
plural: blocsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a group of countries in special alliance:axis