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# coalition

«coalition» in Mova's school dictionary: **a government made by two or more political parties…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a coalition, coalitions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A coalition is a government made by two or more political parties working together, often because no one party won enough seats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coalition/#m1)

2) A coalition is any group of people, groups or countries who join together for a shared aim. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coalition/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In politics lessons (elections, parliaments, governments in the UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand); in Australia, «the Coalition» means the Liberal and National parties together; in history, countries formed coalitions in wars.

### examples

- The two parties formed a coalition government. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coalition/#x1)
- A coalition of countries sent help after the earthquake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coalition/#x2)
- Schools and charities formed a coalition to stop litter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coalition/#x3)
- No party won enough seats, so they needed a coalition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coalition/#x4)
- The Coalition won the election (Australia). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coalition/#x5)

### note

Countable. Say it «koh-uh-LISH-un». It means joining forces, not becoming one.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «coalition» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coalition/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.