coalition

co·a·li·tion

C0433100 (kō′ə-lĭsh′ən)n.1. An alliance, especially a temporary one, of people, factions, parties, or nations.2. A combination into one body; a union.3. a. A long-term cooperative alliance among a small number of male lions or cheetahs, especially to gain access to females or territory.b. A transitory association of animals of the same species in which members join forces against another animal or animals to defend against an attack or gain access to a resource.

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[French, from Medieval Latin coalitiō, coalitiōn-, from Latin coalitus, past participle of coalēscere, to grow together; see coalesce.]

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co′a·li′tion·ist n.

coalition

(ˌkəʊəˈlɪʃən) n1. a. an alliance or union between groups, factions, or parties, esp for some temporary and specific reasonb. (as modifier): a coalition government. 2. a fusion or merging into one body or mass[C17: from Medieval Latin coalitiō, from Latin coalēscere to coalesce] ˌcoaˈlitional adj ˌcoaˈlitionist, ˌcoaˈlitioner n

co•a•li•tion

(ˌkoʊ əˈlɪʃ ən)

n. 1. a combination or alliance, esp. a temporary one between factions, parties, states, etc. 2. a union into one body or mass; fusion. [1605–15; appar. a re-formation (with Latin -tiō -tion) of Late Latin coalitus a growing together < Latin coali-, variant s. of coalēscere] co`a•li′tion•al, adj. co`a•li′tion•ist, n.

coalition

An ad hoc arrangement between two or more nations for common action. See also alliance; multinational.

Coalition

 the union of a mass of separate bodies; an alliance of political parties, states, or persons. See also combination, fusion, league.Examples: coalition of interests, 1779; of parties, 1715.

coalition

An alliance between political parties, factions, or groups, especially a temporary one.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	coalition - an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treatyalignment, alinement, alliancecombination - an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes)organization, organisation - a group of people who work togetherallies - an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemybloc, axis - a group of countries in special allianceAllies - in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central PowersCentral Powers - in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the AlliesAllies - the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945Axis - in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations; "the Axis opposed the Allies in World War II"entente, entente cordiale - an informal alliance between countriespopular front - a leftist coalition organized against a common opponentglobal organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organization - an international alliance involving many different countriesally - a friendly nationNorthern Alliance, United Front - a multiethnic alliance in Afghanistan who practice a moderate form of Islam and are united in their opposition to the Taliban
	2.	coalition - the state of being combined into one bodyfusionunification, union - the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union"alliance, confederation - the state of being allied or confederatedfederalisation, federalization - the state of being under federal control; "the federalization of postal service"
	3.	coalition - the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of partscoalescence, coalescency, conglutination, concretionjointure, uniting, unification, conjugation, union - the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"

coalition

noun alliance, union, league, association, combination, merger, integration, compact, conjunction, bloc, confederation, fusion, affiliation, amalgam, amalgamation, confederacy He had been opposed by a coalition of about 50 civil rights organizations.

coalition

noun1. An association, especially of nations for a common cause:alliance, Anschluss, bloc, cartel, confederacy, confederation, federation, league, organization, union.2. A group of individuals united in a common cause:bloc, cartel, combination, combine, faction, party, ring.3. A bringing together into a whole:consolidation, unification, union, unity.

Translations

联合联盟

coalition

(kəuəˈliʃən) noun a usually temporary union or alliance, especially of states or political parties. 聯盟，聯合政府 联盟，联合