Coalition
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English
Noun
Coalition (plural Coalitions)- A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
Adjectives for Coalition
favorable; fresh; genuine; lasting; instantaneous; political; superfluous; tardy.
Verbs for Coalition
ally in—; blend in—; federate—; form—; fuse in—; improvise—; support—; unite in—; —aids; —connects; —forces; —insures ; —offers.
Thesaurus
agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alignment, alliance, amalgamation, anschluss, assemblage, assimilation, association, axis, band, blend, blending, bloc, body, cabal, cahoots, cartel, centralization, coadunation, coalescence, colleagueship, college, collegialism, collegiality, combination, combine, combo, common market, communist front, composition, comradeship, confederacy, confederation, confraternity, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, consolidation, conspiracy, consumer cooperative, cooperative, cooperative society, copartnership, copartnery, corps, council, credit union, customs union, economic community, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, faction, federalization, federation, fellowship, fraternalism, fraternity, fraternization, free trade area, freemasonry, front, fusion, gang, grass-roots movement, ground swell, group, grouping, hookup, inclusion, incorporation, integration, junction, junta, league, machine, marriage, meld, melding, mergence, merger, merging, mob, movement, package, package deal, partnership, party, political front, political machine, popular front, ring, society, sodality, solidification, sorority, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tie-in, tie-up, unification, union, wedding, Anschluss, Bund, Rochdale cooperative, addition, affiliation,
Etymology
From French coalition (“coalition”), from Late Latin alo (“I advance (cause, etc., communion”).
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French
Etymology
From Late Latin coalitus (“fellowship, communion”).
Noun
Coalition f. (plural Coalitions)
