bloc

CEFRC1

/blɒk/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A group of countries or people acting together.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Bloc Québécois

Examples

  • The Latino voting bloc in the US is increasingly a force to be reckoned with.

  • Those agenda items were taken up en bloc for discussion.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.

  2. A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance.

More examples

In context

  • military bloc

  • trading bloc

  • But a huge bloc of non-Hispanic white residents without bachelor’s degrees — 72 percent of the population age 25 or older — has turned the 7th District into Republican turf.

Quick test

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The trade blank of nations agreed to lower tariffs among themselves.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed 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.