coalition

IPA: koʊʌɫˈɪʃʌn

A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
(rare) The collective noun for a group of cheetahs.
(Australia, politics, slang, mildly derogatory) The Coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party, emphasising its pro-coal policies.
(Australia, politics) Ellipsis of Coalition of the Liberal Party and National Party. (Liberal-National coalition)
(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.

Examples of "coalition" in Sentences

The Coalition is to Abolish the Fur Trade.
The presidency dogged the National Coalition.
They decry only the actions of the coalition.
It is a coalition of the clever, the ignorant and the opportunist.
The coalition with the BNV was finally discarded by the party Executive.
The coalition government envisaged by the treaty did not long outlast it.
The Party of the Radical Left represented the UP coalition in negotiations.
In the coalition one of the Deputy Whips is always the National Party whip.
The Intransigent Party and the Christian Democratic Party joined the coalition.
With no party in leadership of the coalition, rival groups vied to unseat Desai.