coalition

/kəʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/US/koʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/

coalition noun: a temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.

Noun

coalition (countable and uncountable, plural coalitions)

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.
- 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.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
(collective, rare) A group of cheetahs.
- Sometimes the ante is upped, the gaggle of bowlers all working on their batsman in turn, like a coalition of cheetahs singling out a vulnerable gazelle, sending their distinctive balls down until the pressure forces a mistake or the batsman gets his own back by smashing a bad ball over everyone’s...2013 August 7, Joshi Herrmann, “How cricket netted the hipsters”, in London Evening Standard
- Majed Sultan Ali was on his second visit to the game reserve in a bid to photograph a coalition of cheetahs.2014 September 6, Darren Boyle, “Running wild! Mother cheetah has SIX cubs keeping her busy by jumping, hiding and climbing all over her”, in The Daily Mail

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Coalition

Coalition

(Australia, abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Coalition of the Liberal Party and National Party, the Liberal-National coalition.
(US, abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Coalition of the Willing (“the coalition of nations operating under United States command against Iraq, in the U.S.-Iraq War (Gulf War II; "Iraq War") and its aftermath”).
Any of several series of nations allied against France in the Napoleonic Wars; in the War of the First Coalition, War of the Second Coalition, etc.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: COALition

COALition

(Australia, derogatory, mildly, slang) The Coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party, emphasising its pro-coal policies.
- 2017 Giles Parkinson, Big utilities about to pay price of saying no to coal and COALition Renew Economy, 11 September 2017. Accessed 3 June 2019.
- 2019 David Llewellyn-Smith, Can Albo out-coal the COALition? MacroBusiness, 28 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.

coalition meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Pashto

coalition in Hindi

group of organizations: गठबंधन gaṭhbandhan

coalition in Tamil

group of organizations: கூட்டணி kūṭṭaṇi

coalition in Bengali

group of organizations: জোট jōṭ

coalition in Pashto

group of organizations: ائتلاف etelãf

More languagesFewer languages

coalition in Tagalog: koalisyon
coalition in Arabic: تَحَالُف taḥāluf, اِئْتِلَاف iʔtilāf
coalition in Malay: gabungan
coalition in Indonesian: koalisi
coalition in Persian: ائتلاف e'telâf
coalition in Thai: พันธมิตร pan-tá-mít
coalition in Vietnamese: liên hiệp
coalition in Myanmar: ညွန့်ပေါင်း nywan.paung:

Examples of coalition in a sentence

In a quirk of German politics, the governing coalitions are often given names.2025 February 22, Sebastian Shukla, Nadine Schmidt and Claudia Otto, “Germany is holding a national election. Here’s what’s at stake”, in...
This is the incredible moment a juvenile ostrich attempts to outrun a coalition of cheetahs that forms a central part of the latest BBC programme to be presented by Sir David Attenborough.2015 June 11, “This is the moment an ostrich attempts to outrun cheetahs in Sir David Attenborough's latest show”, in Bristol Post:

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Synonyms of coalition

Forms of coalition

plural	coalitions
alternative form (rare)	coälition

Plural of coalition: coalitions

Origin of coalition

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

Words formed from coalition

Phrases with coalition

coalition builders

Words that rhyme with coalition

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Questions about coalition

What does coalition mean?: Coalition means a temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
What is coalition in Hindi?: Coalition in Hindi is गठबंधन (gaṭhbandhan). See Coalition meaning in Hindi.
How do you use coalition in a sentence?: In a quirk of German politics, the governing coalitions are often given names.
What part of speech is coalition?: Coalition can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce coalition?: Coalition is pronounced /kəʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/ (UK).
What is the plural of coalition?: The plural of coalition is coalitions.

Words near coalition in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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