coalesce
pronunciation
How to pronounce coalesce in British English:
UK [ˌkəʊəˈles]
How to pronounce coalesce in American English:
US [ˌkoʊəˈles]
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- Verb:
- mix together different elements
- fuse or cause to grow together
Word Origin
- coalesce (v.)
- 1540s, from Latin coalescere "to unite, grow together, become one in growth," from com- "together" (see co-) + alescere "to grow up" (see adolescent). Related: Coalesced; coalescing; coalescence; coalescent.
Example
- 1. Eventually , our group began to coalesce with other anti-abortion groups .
- 2. That was the moment when matter started to coalesce and the universe became transparent .
- 3. Mr obama urged his party to " coalesce around those elements of the package that people agree on " .
- 4. The first one could create an alternative centre of power in the bbc : during a crisis or an argument about spending priorities , camps could coalesce around the chief executive and the editor-in-chief .
- 5. We can no longer count on europe to be a counterbalance against american unipolarity as we could in the days of chirac and schroeder , but neither should we worry that europe will coalesce behind any strategy to contain china .