coalition

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

41 more languages

العربيةائتلافالتّحالفتحالف

Bosanskiblokkoalicijasavezблоккоалицијасавез+ 3 more

Češtinakoalicekoaliční

Danskkoalition

Ελληνικάσυνασπισμός

فارسیائتلاف

Suomikoalitiokokoomusliittokuntaliittouma+ 1 more

Gaeilgecomhghuaillíocht

Gàidhligaonachadhco-bhanntachd

עבריתאגודהגושקואליציה

हिन्दीगठबंधन

Hrvatskiblokkoalicijasavezблоккоалицијасавез+ 3 more

Magyarkoalíció

Հայերենդաշնակցությունկոալիցիա

Bahasa Indonesiakoalisi

Íslenskabandalag

Italianobloccocoalizione

日本語会派提携連立

ქართულიკოალიცია

Қазақ тілікоалиция

ភាសាខ្មែរសហពលកម្ម

한국어련립련합연립연합제휴+ 2 more

Kurdîkoalisyon

Latinasocietās

Македонскикоалиција

Bahasa Melayugabungan

မြန်မာညွန့်ပေါင်း

Nederlandscoalitie

Polskikoalicja

Portuguêscoalizãocoligação

Românăcoaliție

Русскийкоалиция

Slovenčinakoalícia

Српскиblokkoalicijasavezблоккоалицијасавез+ 3 more

தமிழ்கூட்டணி

ไทยพันธมิตร

Tagalogkoalisyon

Türkçebirleşmekoalisyon

Українськакоаліційнийкоаліція

O'zbekchaittifoq

Tiếng Việtchạliên đảngliên hiệp

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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