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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
coalesces, coalescing, coalesced |
| definition: |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse.
The bubbles coalesced, making one large bubble.The ideas of the two scientists coalesced and together they devised a new theory.- synonyms:
- amalgamate, combine, consolidate, fuse, merge, unite
- similar words:
- agglutinate, associate, blend, join, unify, weld
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| related words: |
adhere, bind, centralize, combine, meld, organize, unite |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to cause to unify.
They coalesced several small companies into one.- synonyms:
- amalgamate, combine, consolidate, fuse, merge, unify, unite
- similar words:
- agglutinate, associate, blend, incorporate, join, weld
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| related words: |
affiliate, amalgamate, centralize, consolidate, embody, merge, mingle, unite |
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| derivations: |
coalescent (adj.), coalescence (n.) |
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