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coalesce
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
coalesce
(verb)
coalesce
/ˌkowə
ˈ
lɛs/
verb
coalesces
;
coalesced
;
coalescing
coalesce
/ˌkowə
ˈ
lɛs/
verb
coalesces
;
coalesced
;
coalescing
Britannica Dictionary definition of COALESCE
[
no object
]
formal
:
to come together to form one group or mass
a group of young reformers who gradually
coalesced
into a political movement
The ice masses
coalesced
into a glacier over time.
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— coalescence
/ˌkowə
ˈ
lɛsn̩s/
noun
[
noncount
]
a glacier formed by
coalescence
of ice masses
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[
singular
]
a
coalescence
of forces
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