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Grammar : Noun
Spell : koh-uh-lish-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkoʊ əˈlɪʃ ən



Definition of coalition

Origin :
  • 1610s, "the growing together of parts," from French coalition (1540s), from Late Latin coalitus "fellowship," originally past participle of Latin coalescere (see coalesce). First used in a political sense 1715.
  • noun allied group, association
Example sentences :
  • Then the Coalition came along and his place knew him no more.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 1, 1916 » by Various
  • Let us suppose a coalition party to be formed called the Labor Party.
  • Extract from : « Socialism As It Is » by William English Walling
  • The triumph of the Coalition and the entry of the allies into Paris.
  • Extract from : « The Gods are Athirst » by Anatole France
  • The reader will naturally ask—Can this be called a Coalition?
  • Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
  • Then among artists was a coalition of brains, a welding together of souls.
  • Extract from : « En Route » by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
  • France joined the coalition to deprive the queen of her empire.
  • Extract from : « A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon » by John Lord, A.M.
  • On the question of a coalition, no offers have as yet been made.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third, Volume 2 (of 2) » by The Duke of Buckingham
  • But argument was of no avail against the resistless power of the coalition.
  • Extract from : « The Critical Period of American History » by John Fiske
  • The European coalition was formed against France: and Poland was forgotten.
  • Extract from : « Kosciuszko » by Monica Mary Gardner
  • Such was the state of the coalition of which William was the head.
  • Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

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