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coalition

noun
/kəʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/UK/koʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from coalitus
  2. derived from coalitiō
  3. borrowed from coalition

Definitions

  1. A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.

    • The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties formed a coalition government in 2010.

  2. The collective noun for a group of cheetahs.

    • Majed Sultan Ali was on his second visit to the game reserve in a bid to photograph a coalition of cheetahs.
    • This is the incredible moment a juvenile ostrich attempts to outrun a coalition of cheetahs that forms a central part of the latest BBC programme to be presented by Sir David Attenborough.

  3. Ellipsis of Coalition of the Liberal Party and National Party, the Liberal-National…

    Ellipsis of Coalition of the Liberal Party and National Party, the Liberal-National coalition.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Ellipsis of Coalition of the Willing (“the coalition of nations operating under United…

      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”).

    2. Any of several series of nations allied against France in the Napoleonic Wars

      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.

    3. The Coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party, emphasising its pro-coal…

      The Coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party, emphasising its pro-coal policies.

      • 2017 Giles Parkinson, Big utilities about to pay price of saying no to coal and COALition Renew Economy, 11 September 2017. Accessed 3 June 2019.
      • 2019 David Llewellyn-Smith, Can Albo out-coal the COALition? MacroBusiness, 28 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.

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Derived

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

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at coalition. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at coalition. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at coalition

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA