Meaning of coalition | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The Coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party, emphasising its pro-coal policies.
   Australia, derogatory, mildly, slang
2. A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
   countable, uncountable
3. Ellipsis of Coalition of the Liberal Party and National Party, the Liberal-National coalition.
   Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
4. A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage
5. Dated spelling of coalition.
6. Ellipsis of Coalition of the Willing (“the coalition of nations operating under United States command against Iraq, in the U.S.-Iraq War (Gulf War II; "Iraq War") and its aftermath”).
   US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
7. The collective noun for a group of cheetahs.
   countable, rare, uncountable
8. The collective noun for a group of cheetahs
9. Any of several series of nations allied against France in the Napoleonic Wars; in the War of the First Coalition, War of the Second Coalition, etc.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“2017 Giles Parkinson, Big utilities about to pay price of saying no to coal and COALition Renew Economy, 11 September 2017. Accessed 3 June 2019.”

“2019 David Llewellyn-Smith, Can Albo out-coal the COALition? MacroBusiness, 28 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.”

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:coälition.”

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