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COALITION
coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination
(noun) the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement
(noun) an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
coalition, fusion
(noun) the state of being combined into one body
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
coalition (countable and uncountable, plural coalitions)
A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
(rare) The collective noun for a group of cheetahs.
Anagrams
• coitional
Proper noun
Coalition (plural er-noun)
(Australia, politics) Ellipsis of Coalition of the Liberal Party and National Party. (Liberal-National coalition)
(US, politics) 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.
Synonyms
(coalition of the Liberals and the Nationals)
• COA (abbreviation)
• LNP
• L/NP
Anagrams
• coitional
Proper noun
COALition (plural er-noun)
(Australia, politics) The Coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party, emphasising its pro-coal policies.
Anagrams
• coitional
Source: Wiktionary
Co`a*li"tion, n. Etym: [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.
2. A combination, for temporary purposes, of persons, parties, or states, having different interests. A coalition of the puritan and the blackleg. J. Randolph. The coalition between the religious and worldly enemies of popery. Macaulay.
Syn.
– Alliance; confederation; confederacy; league; combination; conjunction; conspiracy; union.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INFERIOR
(adjective) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth’s orbit; “Mercury and Venus are inferior planets”
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