coalition

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
noun the state of being combined into one body
noun the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts

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

"They are trying for a coalition. — Erik Dorn, Ben Hecht
In any case, the Coalition had conquered. — William Pitt and national revival, J. Holland (John Holland) Rose
SOLDIERS--The war of the third coalition is commenced. — Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Complete, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

alliance, alignment, alinement

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