Dictionary

coalesce en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌkəʊ.əˈlɛs/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /ˌkoʊ.əˈlɛs/ (US)
• (Australia) audio
• /ˌkəʉ.əˈles/ (Australia)

Etymology

From Latin coalēscō, from co- + alēscō (“grow up”).

Meanings

1. (of separate elements) To join into a single mass or whole.
   • The droplets coalesced into a puddle.
   • […] 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:
2. (of a whole or a unit) To form from different pieces or elements.
   • The puddle coalesced from the droplets as they ran together.
3. To bond pieces of metal into a continuous whole by liquefying parts of each piece, bringing the liquids into contact, and allowing the combined liquid to solidify.
4. (of separate groups or persons) To merge, to intermingle freely.
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • 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:
5. To convert a null value to a defined value.
   • 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:

Forms

Antonyms

divide · segregate

Deriveds

noncoalescing · coalescible · recoalesce · uncoalesce · electrocoalesce

Hypernyms

mix · join

Hyponyms

reembody

Relateds

coalescence · coalition · assemble · -esce · coalescent

Synonyms

alloy · amalgamate · embody · meld · fuse · cumulate · fuse · agglomerate · interweave · unite · combine · aggregate · amalgamate · merge · mass · unite · blend · combine · integrate · coalesce · consolidate · join · conflate · merge · incorporate

Translations (78)

nl doen samensmelten (to form from different elements) · fr s'amalgamer (to join into a single mass) · la coalēscō (to form from different elements) · bg обединявам се (to join into a single mass) · gd aonaich (to form from different elements) · pt aglutinar (to join into a single mass) · ca unir-se (to join into a single mass) · gv covest (to form from different elements) · hu egyesül (to join into a single mass) · fr s'unir (to form from different elements) · it unirsi (to join into a single mass) · hu egybeolvad (to join into a single mass) · de verschmelzen (to form from different elements) · cs sloučit se (to form from different elements) · uk злива́тися (to join into a single mass) · gd measgaich (to join into a single mass) · cs spojit se (to join into a single mass) · uk об'єдна́тися (to join into a single mass) · he התאחד (to join into a single mass) · gv co-haah (to join into a single mass) · tr kaynaşmak (to join into a single mass) · cs spojit se (to form from different elements) · es coalescer (to join into a single mass) · nl samensmelten (to join into a single mass) · cs sloučit se (to join into a single mass) · fi yhdistyä (to form from different elements) · de zusammenfließen (to join into a single mass) · fr se réunir (to form from different elements) · fr coalescer (to join into a single mass) · de zusammenfließen (to form from different elements) · he התגבש (to join into a single mass) · ca incorporar-se (to join into a single mass) · vi hội tụ (to join into a single mass) · de zusammensetzen (to form from different elements) · uk об'є́днуватися (to join into a single mass) · nl doen versmelten (to form from different elements) · fr se fondre (to join into a single mass) · ru объединя́ться (to form from different elements) · la coalesco (to join into a single mass) · it fondersi (to join into a single mass) · gv taah (to join into a single mass) · sv sammansmälta (to join into a single mass) · de verschmelzen (to join into a single mass) · pt coalescer (to join into a single mass) · fi yhtyä (to join into a single mass) · hu összeolvad (to form from different elements) · ar اِنْدَمَجَ (to join into a single mass) · cmn 汇聚 (to join into a single mass) · fi yhdistyä (to join into a single mass) · de zusammenlaufen (to form from different elements) · de zusammenlaufen (to join into a single mass) · tr bütünleşmek (to join into a single mass) · pt aglutinar (to form from different elements) · fi kerääntyä (to join into a single mass) · bg сливам се (to join into a single mass) · ca ajuntar-se (to join into a single mass) · fr s'amalgamer (to form from different elements) · de zusammenfügen (to form from different elements) · de vereinigen (to form from different elements) · nl versmelten (to join into a single mass) · de zusammensetzen (to join into a single mass) · hu összeolvad (to join into a single mass) · de zusammenwachsen (to join into a single mass) · et kokku sulanduma (to join into a single mass) · gd measgaich (to form from different elements) · de zusammenfügen (to join into a single mass) · bg сливам се (to form from different elements) · ru сливаться (to join into a single mass) · pt coalescer (to form from different elements) · hu egybeolvad (to form from different elements) · ar تَكَتَّلَ (to form from different elements) · de vereinigen (to join into a single mass) · tr birleşmek (to join into a single mass) · ru объединя́ться (to join into a single mass) · de zusammenwachsen (to form from different elements) · gd aonaich (to join into a single mass) · uk зли́тися (to join into a single mass) · hu egyesül (to form from different elements)