Coalescing
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əˈlɛs verb (used without object)
1.
to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.
2.
to unite so as to form one mass, community, etc.: The various groups coalesced into a crowd.
3.
to blend or come together: Their ideas coalesced into one theory.
verb (used with object)
4.
to cause to unite in one body or mass.
Origin:
1535–45; < Latin coalēscere, equivalent to co- co- + al- (stem of alere to nourish, make grow) + -ēscere -esce
1535–45; < Latin coalēscere, equivalent to co- co- + al- (stem of alere to nourish, make grow) + -ēscere -esce
Related forms
co·a·les·cence, noun
co·a·les·cent, adjective
non·co·a·les·cence, noun
non·co·a·les·cent, adjective
non·co·a·les·cing, adjective
Synonyms
1, 2. unite, combine, join. 2. amalgamate, fuse, blend, merge.
1, 2. unite, combine, join. 2. amalgamate, fuse, blend, merge.
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| —vb | |
| (intr) to unite or come together in one body or mass; merge; fuse; blend | |
| [C16: from Latin coalēscere from | |
| coa'lescence | |
| —n | |
| coa'lescent | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
coalesce
1540s, from L. coalescere, from com- "together" + alescere "to grow up" (see adolescent).
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Example sentences
If anything, too much is going on, with ideas unfolding at dazzling speed but not always coalescing.
Once there, water droplets form around tiny particles of dust and biological debris, eventually coalescing into clouds.
Most cosmic crashes involve two galaxies of similar size or smaller galaxies coalescing into a larger one.
But the levels seem to insist on coalescing with one another.
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