bloc
pronunciation
How to pronounce bloc in British English:
UK [blɒk]
How to pronounce bloc in American English:
US [blɑːk]
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- Noun:
- a group of countries in special alliance
Word Origin
- bloc (n.)
- 1903, in reference to alliances in Continental politics, from French bloc "group, block," from Old French bloc "piece of wood" (see block (n.)).
Example
- 1. Could east africa take off as a regional trading bloc ?
- 2. Some said the egyptian bloc was backed by freemasons and jews .
- 3. One way was to group steel mills together as a negotiating bloc .
- 4. Far less positively , europe will become the only big economic bloc without significant energy resources .
- 5. A wider point-to-point alliance across the entire bloc would be even harder to negotiate .