Meanings
present singular third person coalesces · participle present coalescing · participle past coalesced · past coalesced
- To join into a mass or whole.
The droplets coalesced into a puddle.
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[…] 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 - To form from different pieces or elements.
The puddle coalesced from the droplets as they ran together.
- engineeringTo 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.
- 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 272 more examples
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 4The 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
Synonyms & antonyms
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verbmix together different elements
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincoalēscō
- Englishcoalesce
From Latin coalēscō, from co- + alēscō (“grow up”).
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Arabic اِنْدَمَجَ, تَكَتَّلَ
- اِنْدَمَجَ (indamaja)to join into a single mass
- تَكَتَّلَ (takattala)to form from different elements
Bulgarian сливам се, обединявам се
- сливам се (slivam se)to join into a single mass
- обединявам се (obedinjavam se)to join into a single mass
- сливам се (slivam se)to form from different elements
Catalan unir-se, ajuntar-se
- unir-seto join into a single mass
- ajuntar-seto join into a single mass
- incorporar-seto join into a single mass
Chinese Mandarin 汇聚
- 汇聚 (huìjù)to join into a single mass
Czech sloučit se, spojit se
- sloučit seto join into a single mass
- spojit seto join into a single mass
- sloučit seto form from different elements
- spojit seto form from different elements
Dutch versmelten, samensmelten
- versmeltento join into a single mass
- samensmeltento join into a single mass
- doen versmeltento form from different elements
- doen samensmeltento form from different elements
Estonian kokku sulanduma
- kokku sulandumato join into a single mass
Finnish yhdistyä, yhtyä
- yhdistyäto join into a single mass
- yhtyäto join into a single mass
- kerääntyäto join into a single mass
- yhdistyäto form from different elements
French se fondre, coalescer
- se fondreto join into a single mass
- coalescerto join into a single mass
- s'amalgamerto join into a single mass
- se réunirto form from different elements
- s'unirto form from different elements
- s'amalgamerto form from different elements
German vereinigen, verschmelzen
- vereinigento join into a single mass
- verschmelzento join into a single mass
- zusammenfließento join into a single mass
- zusammenfügento join into a single mass
- zusammenwachsento join into a single mass
- zusammensetzento join into a single mass
- zusammenlaufento join into a single mass
- vereinigento form from different elements
- verschmelzento form from different elements
- zusammenfließento form from different elements
- zusammenfügento form from different elements
- zusammenwachsento form from different elements
Hebrew התגבש, התאחד
- התגבש (hitgabésh)to join into a single mass
- התאחד (hit’achéd)to join into a single mass
Hungarian összeolvad, egyesül
- összeolvadto join into a single mass
- egyesülto join into a single mass
- egybeolvadto join into a single mass
- összeolvadto form from different elements
- egyesülto form from different elements
- egybeolvadto form from different elements
Italian fondersi, unirsi
- fondersito join into a single mass
- unirsito join into a single mass
Latin coalesco, coalēscō
- coalescoto join into a single mass
- coalēscōto form from different elements
Portuguese coalescer, aglutinar
- coalescerto join into a single mass
- aglutinarto join into a single mass
- coalescerto form from different elements
- aglutinarto form from different elements
Russian сливаться, объединя́ться
- сливаться (slivatʹsja)to join into a single mass
- объединя́ться (obʺjedinjátʹsja)to join into a single mass
- объединя́ться (obʺjedinjátʹsja)to form from different elements
Scottish Gaelic aonaich, measgaich
- aonaichto join into a single mass
- measgaichto join into a single mass
- aonaichto form from different elements
- measgaichto form from different elements
Spanish coalescer
- coalescerto join into a single mass
Swedish sammansmälta
- sammansmältato join into a single mass
Turkish birleşmek, bütünleşmek
- birleşmekto join into a single mass
- bütünleşmekto join into a single mass
- kaynaşmakto join into a single mass
Ukrainian злива́тися, зли́тися
- злива́тися (zlyvátysja)to join into a single mass
- зли́тися (zlýtysja)to join into a single mass
- об'є́днуватися (obʺjédnuvatysja)to join into a single mass
- об'єдна́тися (obʺjednátysja)to join into a single mass
Vietnamese hội tụ
- hội tụto join into a single mass
Cite this entry
coalesce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coalesce
“coalesce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coalesce. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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