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# coalesce

verb (coalesce, coalesces, coalesced, coalescing)

«coalesce» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) To come together and join to form one larger thing or group. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coalesce/#m1)
2. (science) For drops, particles or bubbles to merge into one (raindrops coalesce in clouds). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coalesce/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, tiny water droplets coalesce to make raindrops heavy enough to fall; dust and gas coalesced to make stars and planets. In history and news, groups or ideas coalesce into a movement or a plan. It tells the reader separate parts are becoming one. It is formal; everyday English says «join together» or «merge».

### Examples

- Tiny droplets coalesce into raindrops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coalesce/#x1)
- The planets formed when dust and rock coalesced around the young Sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coalesce/#x2)
- Small groups coalesced into one big protest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coalesce/#x3)
- Our ideas slowly coalesced into a plan for the project. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coalesce/#x4)
- Two puddles coalesced into one big pool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coalesce/#x5)
- The bubbles coalesced into a large one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coalesce/#x6)

### Note

Regular verb: coalesced, coalescing. Say «koh-uh-LESS». Formal word. It is not connected with «coal». Noun: coalescence.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «coalesce» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coalesce/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«coalesce» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/coalesce.html) on Mova free.