coalition

Noun
US[koh-uh-lish-uhn]/ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃən/4 syllables
Synonyms: alliancealignmentalinementfusioncoalescencecoalescencyconcretionconglutination

Open English WordNet

Noun (3)

  1. an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treatySynonyms: alliancealignmentalinementType of organization, organisationKinds world organization, bloc, Allies, Axis, combination, entente, Northern Alliance, Central Powers, popular front, alliesMembers ally
  2. the state of being combined into one bodySynonyms: fusionType of union, unificationKinds federalization, alliance
  3. the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of partsSynonyms: coalescencecoalescencyconcretionconglutinationType of union, unification

Related words flux verb, coalesce verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Co′a·li′tion noun

Origin: LL. coalitio: cf. F. coalition. See Coalesce.

1. The act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms. Richard Bentley

2. A combination, for temporary purposes, of persons, parties, or states, having different interests.

A coalition of the puritan and the blackleg.— John Randolph
The coalition between the religious and worldly enemies of popery.— Thomas Babington Macaulay

Synonyms: Alliance; confederation; confederacy; league; combination; conjunction; conspiracy; union.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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