coalesce
coalesce
Definition
coa·lesce (kō′ə les′)
intransitive verb coalesced -·lesced′, coalescing -·lesc′·ing
- to grow together, as the halves of a broken bone
- to unite or merge into a single body, group, or mass
Etymology: L coalescere < co-, together + alescere, to grow up: see adolescent
coalesce
Synonyms
coalesce
Usage Examples
Followed by a transitive particle
- around: And if they can coalesce around a local vision for children then better outcomes and life chances for children.
Preposition: into
- group: Is there any chance of some debate among flat tax, small government, free market thinkers to coalesce into an effective political group?
- something: Only once does the mixture seem to gel and coalesce into something more than the sum of its parts.
- font: By authenticating each other's authority, Christ and Scripture coalesce into a single font of authority.
Infinitive complement
- form: All the solder balls coalesce together to form a solder joint.
- create: In the longer term, as this initiative matures, then the four areas should coalesce to create a coherent single research field.
Modifying Another Word
- eventually: In the dense core of a cluster, the stars in it occasionally collide, and some of the debris eventually coalesces.
- finally: But now in Ron Powers's holistic Twain book we see the parts finally coalesce into the whole fascinating fellow.
- all: And it all coalesces under " Graffiti Bridge, " for Prince a kind of Holy Grail inscribed with the word.
- not: Small bubbles appeared on the surface of the hot sphere, but did not coalesce.
Object
- space: Why doesn't my database automatically coalesce free space in some tablespaces?
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