coalition

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   The collective noun for 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 heads.

3. 3
   name

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   the union of diverse things into one body or form or group

5. 5
   noun

   an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

6. 6
   noun

   the state of being combined into one body

7. 7
   name

   Ellipsis of Coalition of the Liberal Party and National Party, the Liberal-National coalition.

8. 8
   name

   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”).

Etymology

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