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[ koh-uh-les ] / ˌkoʊ əˈlɛs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR coalesce ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object), co·a·lesced, co·a·lesc·ing.to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one. to unite so as to form one mass, community, etc.: The various groups coalesced into a crowd. to blend or come together: Their ideas coalesced into one theory. verb (used with object), co·a·lesced, co·a·lesc·ing.to cause to unite in one body or mass. Origin of coalesce1535–45; <Latin coalēscere, equivalent to co-co- + al- (stem of alere to nourish, make grow) + -ēscere-esce SYNONYMS FOR coalesce1, 2 unite, combine, join. 2 amalgamate, fuse, blend, merge. SEE SYNONYMS FOR coalesce ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM coalesceco·a·les·cence, nounco·a·les·cent, adjectivenon·co·a·les·cence, nounnon·co·a·les·cent, adjective non·co·a·les·cing, adjectiveun·co·a·les·cent, adjective Words nearby coalescecoal ball, coalbin, coal car, coal cutter, coaler, coalesce, coalescence, coalface, coal field, coalfish, coal gas Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for coalesceThe environmental community, reeling from the failure of cap and trade, needed a fight around which to coalesce. Keystone Pipeline Is D.C.’s Dumbest Debate|Claire Casey|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Individual tales of loss can generate mass action only if they are able to coalesce into a collective narrative. Forget Kim Jong Un—China’s New Favorite Dictator Is Belarus’s Aleksandr Lukashenko.|Kapil Komireddi|January 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST While the opposition to Graham has yet to coalesce around a single opponent, he could be in real trouble if it does. South Carolina Court Decision Looms Large For 2016|Ben Jacobs|August 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST Meanwhile, with or without Lapid, the opposition will finally have the opportunity to coalesce into a common front. What Went Wrong For Netanyahu|Bernard Avishai|January 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
If ever there was a chance for the cluster of smaller center-left parties to coalesce around a domestic agenda, it's now. Bread And Butter Take Center Stage|Shira Herzog|October 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST They therefore determined to coalesce with another body of Tories of whom Sancroft was the chief. The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay Then they coalesce and the whole ice body becomes strewn with rock dbris. When words equivalent to each other coalesce, and become compound; it is evident that the composition is of a very peculiar kind. Opuscula|Robert Gordon Latham The Italian contribution to the book tends to coalesce either with the general or the personal elements. The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor The two nuclei come into contact and coalesce, and we have thus a new cell with its sixteen chromosomes complete. Parallel Paths|Thomas William Rolleston
British Dictionary definitions for coalesce
verb(intr) to unite or come together in one body or mass; merge; fuse; blend Derived forms of coalescecoalescence, nouncoalescent, adjectiveWord Origin for coalesceC16: from Latin coalēscere from co- + alēscere to increase, from alere to nourish Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to coalesceconsolidate, integrate, fuse, unite, incorporate, cleave, wed, mingle, join, mix, relate, conjoin, associate, adhere, commingle, merge, amalgamate, bracket, combine, connect |