'Coalition' definitions:

Definition of 'coalition'

From: WordNet
noun
An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty [syn: alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement] [ant: nonalignment, nonalinement]
noun
The state of being combined into one body [syn: coalition, fusion]
noun
The union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts [syn: coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination]

Definition of 'Coalition'

From: GCIDE
  • Coalition \Co`a*li"tion\, n. [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. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A combination, for temporary purposes, of persons, parties, or states, having different interests. [1913 Webster]
  • A coalition of the puritan and the blackleg. --J. Randolph. [1913 Webster]
  • The coalition between the religious and worldly enemies of popery. --Macaulay.
  • Syn: Alliance; confederation; confederacy; league; combination; conjunction; conspiracy; union. [1913 Webster]

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