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coalition

See also: Coalition, and coälition

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

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coalition (countable and uncountable, plural coalitions)

  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.
    • 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, “British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 May 2013:
      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.
  2. (rare) The collective noun for a group of cheetahs.

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Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin coalitiōnem, from Latin coalitus (“fellowship, communion”).

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coalition f (plural coalitions)

  1. coalition

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  • → Polish: koalicja
  • → Romanian: coaliție
  • → Turkish: koalisyon

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