Usually means: Alliance formed for a purpose.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. coalition: Merriam-Webster
  2. coalition: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. coalition: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. coalition: Collins English Dictionary
  5. coalition: Vocabulary.com
  6. Coalition, coalition: Wordnik
  7. coalition: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. COALition, Coalition, coalition: Wiktionary
  9. coalition: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. coalition: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. coalition: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. coalition: Dictionary.com
  13. coalition: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. coalition: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Coalition (Australia), Coalition (Colombia), Coalition (Puerto Rico), Coalition (album), Coalition (disambiguation), Coalition (film), Coalition (government), Coalition, The Coalition (company), The Coalition (video game developer), The Coalition: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Coalition: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. coalition: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. coalition: Rhymezone
  19. Coalition: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. coalition: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. coalition: FreeDictionary.org
  22. coalition: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. coalition: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. coalition: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. eyefortransport e-commerce transportation glossary (No longer online)
  2. Coalition: Management Dictionary
  3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  4. Nelson Political Science Glossary (No longer online)
  5. coalition: Legal dictionary
  6. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coalition: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. coalition: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sociology (No longer online)
  2. Political (No longer online)
  3. Coalition: Glossary of Election Terms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Glossary of Mathematical Terms (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See coalitionist as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
noun:  (rare) The collective noun for a group of cheetahs.
noun:  (Australia, politics, slang, mildly derogatory) The Coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party, emphasising its pro-coal policies.
noun:  (Australia, politics) Ellipsis of Coalition of the Liberal Party and National Party. (Liberal-National coalition)
noun:  (US, politics) Ellipsis of Coalition of the Willing.; The coalition of nations operating under United States command against Iraq, in the U.S.-Iraq War (Gulf War II; "Iraq War") and its aftermath.

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