Coalesce Meaning
/ˌkəʊ.əˈlɛs/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
Listen pronunciation
Definition
verbTo join into a single mass or whole.
verbTo form from different pieces or elements.
Sentence Examples
Now a few thoughts are starting to coalesce in my mind.
The droplets coalesced into a puddle.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Over time, the small droplets will ____ into a single large puddle.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The two small political groups decided to ____ and form a much larger and more powerful party.
Word Origin & History
From Latin coalēscō, from co- + alēscō (“grow up”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…] when a thing's own light and the light from something else coalescing into one on bright and smooth surfaces produce a form which yields a perception reversed from the way a thing normally looks."
— 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown and 2, Sophist:
"It was not a wise thing to enter a close clique, my good madam, until you had examined both them and yourself, and considered how far you were likely to coalesce."
— 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 27:
"We in the gay male community who are white […] will need to do conscious raising on racism with each other to effectively work with different racial groups. It follows that when attempting to coalesce with women that sexism conscious raising would need to occur."
— 1981 August 1, Aurora Corona, “The Dead Line”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
"The result is that once again, as in 2016, Trump is likely to prevail because Republicans cannot coalesce around an alternative—even though a candidate who is experienced in government, solidly conservative, and acceptable to most factions of the party is right there in front of them."
— 2023 August 16, Jonathan Rauch, “Why Not Pence?”, in The Atlantic:
"You can improve the display by coalescing the ID columns. As I note in Chapter 9, the COALESCE expression takes on the value of the first non-null value in a list of values."
— 2018, Allen G. Taylor, SQL For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
Explore More C1 Vocabulary Words
CEFR Practice Quiz
Over time, the small droplets will ____ into a single large puddle.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The two small political groups decided to ____ and form a much larger and more powerful party.