Coalesced Definition & Meaning

Other Words from coalesce

coalescence \ ˌkō-ə-ˈle-sᵊn(t)s

\ noun

coalescent \ ˌkō-ə-ˈle-sᵊnt

\ adjective

Choose the Right Synonym for coalesce

mix, mingle, commingle, blend, merge, coalesce, amalgamate, fuse mean to combine into a more or less uniform whole. mix may or may not imply loss of each element's identity. mix the salad greens mix a drink mingle usually suggests that the elements are still somewhat distinguishable or separately active. fear mingled with anticipation in my mind commingle implies a closer or more thorough mingling. a sense of duty commingled with a fierce pride drove her blend implies that the elements as such disappear in the resulting mixture. blended several teas to create a balanced flavor merge suggests a combining in which one or more elements are lost in the whole. in his mind reality and fantasy merged coalesce implies an affinity in the merging elements and usually a resulting organic unity. telling details that coalesce into a striking portrait amalgamate implies the forming of a close union without complete loss of individual identities. refugees who were readily amalgamated into the community fuse stresses oneness and indissolubility of the resulting product. a building in which modernism and classicism are fused

Examples of coalesce in a Sentence

a group of young reformers who gradually coalesced into a political movement The ice masses coalesced into a glacier over time.

Recent Examples on the Web In skilled hands, though, those parts coalesce into something absorbing, even graceful, and undoubtedly one of a kind. — New York Times, 12 Feb. 2022 Senate Democrats need 51 votes to confirm a Supreme Court nominee, which would require all 50 members of their caucus to coalesce behind Biden's pick with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking a tie if no Republicans support the nominee. — Clare Foran And Manu Raju, CNN, 28 Jan. 2022 Cinema was much the same in the late nineteenth century: yet to coalesce into itself. — Nat Segnit, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022 Williams said that when there are more aerosols, the water vapor in the cloud is distributed among a greater number of droplets, so the droplets are smaller and less likely to coalesce into larger rain droplets. — ABC News, 9 Jan. 2022 Many factors coalesce to establish the value of a house. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2022 Foremost, local officials need to coalesce around a common definition of local control. — Michael R. Ford, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2022 Brussels has also started to coalesce around a fifth sanctions package, this one likely to bar purchases of Russian coal and block certain Russian banks from doing business with European entities. — The Editors, National Review, 7 Apr. 2022 In France, political identities tend to coalesce around views of the past and, on the right in particular, around the father of modern France, Charles de Gaulle. — New York Times, 31 Mar. 2022 See More

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