coalition
A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
Example
“The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties formed a coalition government in 2010.”
Other meanings
The collective noun for a group of cheetahs.
Related words
- Coalie
- coalitionology
- countercoalition
- intercoalition
- intracoalition
- noncoalition
- precoalition
- subcoalition
- supercoalition
- coalition builder
- rainbow coalition
- anticoalition
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "coalitus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “coalition” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.