coalition Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
    alinement; alliance; alignment.
  2. noun the state of being combined into one body
    fusion.
  3. noun the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
    conglutination; coalescence; concretion; coalescency.

WordNet

Co`a*li"tion noun
Etymology
LL. coalitio: cf. F. coalition. See Coalesce.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913