coalition
noun/ˌkəʊəˈlɪʃn/
[countable + singular or plural verb, uncountable]Слово англійською: coalition
Переклад coalition українською: коаліція; союз (тимчасовий), ~ government — коаліційний уряд
Детальний опис
- a government formed by two or more political parties working together
- The two parties have formed a coalition.
- a two-party coalition
- a coalition government
- The coalition was/were in power for four years.
- (in) coalition (with somebody) The two parties governed in coalition for four years.
- They didn't rule out coalition with the Social Democrats.
- coalition between A and B a coalition between the Socialists and Communists
Wordfinder- Act
- bill
- chamber
- coalition
- election
- law
- legislation
- parliament
- politician
- vote
- a group formed by people from several different groups, especially political ones, agreeing to work together for a particular purpose
- The network is a global coalition of environmental and consumer groups.
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘fusion’): from medieval Latin coalitio(n-), from the verb coalescere ‘grow together’, from co- (from cum ‘with’) + alescere ‘grow up’. Usage in politics dates from the late 18th cent.