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Coalesce
To grow together; unite into one body
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Imagine This
During the winter months in World War II, the Russian soldiers needed to huddle together to stay warm before their coal supply ran out.
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Sounds Like
ko-uh-LESS
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Looks Like
Looks like 'coal' with extra letters; not a standalone word, evokes joining together
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Remember This
Coalesce means to come together to form a single whole. Picture separate drops merging into one larger droplet.
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Other Forms
Coalescentadjective
Coalescencenoun
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Connect With
merge, fuse, consolidate, unite, amalgamate, converge
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Note
Used for both physical merging (materials, droplets) and figurative unification (ideas, groups). Not to be confused with 'collocate' or 'collate'. Often used with 'into' or 'as'.
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Study Deeper
Examples
- Two rivers coalesced into a single expansive river.
- The two companies coalesced to form a larger corporation.
Synonyms
mergefuseamalgamateuniteconsolidate
Antonyms
disperseseparatedivide
Etymology
From Latin coalescere, from co- 'together' + alescere 'to grow'.
Mnemonic
Mnemonic: CO- + ALESCE — remember that things come together (co- means together) as they 'alesce' (grow) into one.
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