English Explanatory Dictionary

coalition

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
  2. The collective noun for a group of cheetahs.
name
  1. Ellipsis of Coalition of the Liberal Party and National Party, the Liberal-National coalition.
  2. Ellipsis of Coalition of the Willing (“the coalition of nations operating under United States command against Iraq, in the U.S.-Iraq War (Gulf War II; "Iraq War") and its aftermath”).
  3. Any of several series of nations allied against France in the Napoleonic Wars; in the War of the First Coalition, War of the Second Coalition, etc.
name
  1. The Coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party, emphasising its pro-coal policies.

Pronunciation

/kəʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coalition.wav /koʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/

Word forms

coalition coalitions coälition

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French coalition, from Medieval Latin coalitiō, coalitiōnem, from Latin coalitus.

Synonyms

COA LNP L/NP

Derived words

anticoalition Coalie coalitional coalitionary coalition builder coalitioner coalition government coalitionism coalitionist coalition logic coalition of the willing coalitionology countercoalition Epstein coalition First Coalition Fourth Coalition grand coalition intercoalition intracoalition Jamaica coalition noncoalition precoalition rainbow coalition Second Coalition subcoalition supercoalition Third Coalition traffic light coalition
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