coalition : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: coalition	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for coalition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coalition n an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty Synonym(s): alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement Antonym(s): nonalignment, nonalinement the state of being combined into one body Synonym(s): coalition, fusion the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts Synonym(s): coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coalition \Co`ali"tion\, n. [LL. coalitio: cf. F. coalition. See {Coalesce}.] 1. The act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition* of atoms. --Bentley.