- 1[countable] a country consisting of a group of individual states that have control over their own affairs but are controlled by a central government for national decisions, etc. the Russian Federation
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- 2[countable] a group of clubs, labor unions, etc. that have joined together to form an organization the World Wrestling Federation
- 3[uncountable] the act of forming a federation Some of the unions are against federation.
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