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coa·lesce (kō′ə les)

intransitive verb coalesced -·lesced′, coalescing -·lesc′·ing

  1. to grow together, as the halves of a broken bone
  2. to unite or merge into a single body, group, or mass

Etymology: L coalescere < co-, together + alescere, to grow up: see adolescent

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coalesce

v.

blend, fuse, combine; see join 1, mix 1. See syn. study at mix.

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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