coalition

UK /kəʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/ US /koʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/

name 4noun 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

strong | loose

broad, broad-based, rainbow, umbrella

The new government formed a broad coalition with support from multiple political parties.

grand

Environmental organizations formed a grand coalition to protect the rainforest from deforestation.

VERB + COALITION

create, form

After the election, the two smaller parties decided to form a coalition government together.

join

lead

The environmental groups formed a coalition led by experienced activists from around the country.

COALITION + VERB

break up, collapse, fall (apart)

COALITION + NOUN

government | forces, member, partner, party

PREP

in (a/the) ~

Several environmental groups worked in coalition to protect the forest from being developed.

~ between

The two environmental groups formed a coalition between themselves to protect the forest.

~ of

Several environmental organizations formed a coalition of groups fighting to protect the forest.

~ with

The two political parties decided to work in coalition with each other to win the election.

Definitions

noun

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.

At a time when Mr. Cameron is being squeezed from both sides — from the right by members of his own party and by the anti-immigrant, anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, and from the left by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners — the move seemed uncharacteristically clunky.

The collective noun for a group of cheetahs.

Sometimes the ante is upped, the gaggle of bowlers all working on their batsman in turn, like a coalition of cheetahs singling out a vulnerable gazelle, sending their distinctive balls down until the pressure forces a mistake or the batsman gets his own back by smashing a bad ball over everyone’s heads.

Majed Sultan Ali was on his second visit to the game reserve in a bid to photograph a coalition of cheetahs.

name

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

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”).

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

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the union of diverse things into one body or form or group

noun — an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact

noun — the state of being combined into one body

fusion

Antonyms

nonalignment
nonalinement

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

In a quirk of German politics, the governing coalitions are often given names. The previous coalition government, headed by the SPD (red), included the Green Party (green) and Liberal Party (yellow) -

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

2019 David Llewellyn-Smith, Can Albo out-coal the COALition? MacroBusiness, 28 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.

Wiktionary

According to the news report, the ruling coalition has secured 72 seats as of 5 p.m.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, coalition is marked as derogatory, slang, rare, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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