Coalition

/kəʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/ · noun

Meaning

A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage..

Definitions by Sense

1. A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
2. (rare) The collective noun for a group of cheetahs.

Example Sentences

The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties formed a coalition government in 2010.

At a time when Mr. Cameron is being squeezed from both sides — from the right by members of his own party and by the anti-immigrant, anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, and from the left by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners — the move seemed uncharacteristically clunky.

In a quirk of German politics, the governing coalitions are often given names. The previous coalition government, headed by the SPD (red), included the Green Party (green) and Liberal Party (yellow) - together they were known as the “traffic light” coalition.

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.

Majed Sultan Ali was on his second visit to the game reserve in a bid to photograph a coalition of cheetahs.

This is the incredible moment a juvenile ostrich attempts to outrun a coalition of cheetahs that forms a central part of the latest BBC programme to be presented by Sir David Attenborough.

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• coalitions
• coälition

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