Word of the Day 06/06/25 Coalesce

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Coalesce (verb)
coalesce [ koh-uh-les ]

verb (used without object), coalesced, coalescing.
1. to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.
2. to unite so as to form one mass, community, etc.: The various groups coalesced into a crowd.
3. to blend or come together: Their ideas coalesced into one theory.

verb (used with object), coalesced, coalescing.
4. to cause to unite in one body or mass.

Other Word Forms
co a·les cence noun
co a·les cent adjective
non co·a·les cence noun
non co·a·les cent adjective
non co·a·les cing adjective
un co·a·les cent adjective

Related Words
consolidate, fuse, integrate, unite

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Synonyms
1. join, combine, unite
2. merge, blend, fuse, amalgamate, join, combine, unite

Origin: First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin coalēscere, equivalent to co- co- + al- (stem of alere “to nourish, make grow”) + -escere -esce

Example Sentences
She quickly coalesced the party around her nomination and avoided a primary battle, but lost to Trump in November.
From Los Angeles Times

“It’s already happening — it’s just not being reported and it’s not kind of coalesced yet.”
From Los Angeles Times

So that election was less a Labour win than a collective “nope” on the existing government, which didn’t coalesce into support for anyone in particular.
From Salon

It is then, on the sidelines of the voting process, that important conversations among the cardinals take place and consensus begins to coalesce around different names.
From BBC

Cooler heads believe that in the scenario of a general election where the most plausible prime ministers were Sir Keir or Nigel Farage, voters on the broad left would inevitably coalesce around Labour.
From BBC

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