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Definition of coalition noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

coalition

noun
 
 
/ˌkəʊəˈlɪʃn/
 
/ˌkəʊəˈlɪʃn/
[countable + singular or plural verb, uncountable]
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  1.  
    a government formed by two or more political parties working together
    • The two parties have formed a coalition.
    • a two-party coalition
    • a coalition government
    • (in) coalition (with somebody) The two parties governed in coalition for four years.
    • They didn't rule out coalition with the Social Democrats.
    • coalition between A and B a coalition between the Socialists and Communists
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    • They formed a coalition with the Greens.
    • a coalition led by the Socialist Party
    • the biggest party in the government coalition
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • strong
    • loose
    • broad
    • …
    verb + coalition
    • assemble
    • build
    • create
    • …
    coalition + verb
    • break up
    • collapse
    • fall
    • …
    coalition + noun
    • government
    • member
    • partner
    • …
    preposition
    • in (a/​the) coalition
    • coalition between
    • coalition of
    • …
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  2.  
    a group formed by people from several different groups, especially political ones, agreeing to work together for a particular purpose
    • The network is a global coalition of environmental and consumer groups.
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    • a broad-based coalition of religious and community groups
    • a broad coalition of democratic and republican groups
    • The proposal has been backed by a broad coalition of prison reform groups.
    • an umbrella coalition of human rights organizations
    • a grand coalition of various environmental groups
    • Government soldiers raided the opposition coalition's offices.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • strong
    • loose
    • broad
    • …
    verb + coalition
    • assemble
    • build
    • create
    • …
    coalition + verb
    • break up
    • collapse
    • fall
    • …
    coalition + noun
    • government
    • member
    • partner
    • …
    preposition
    • in (a/​the) coalition
    • coalition between
    • coalition of
    • …
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    3. Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘fusion’): from medieval Latin coalitio(n-), from the verb coalescere ‘grow together’, from co- (from cum ‘with’) + alescere ‘grow up’. Usage in politics dates from the late 18th cent.
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