MEANING
To merge or join into a unified whole.
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Words that belong together
- coalesce into a plan
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Their scattered ideas coalesced into a plan.
Droplets coalesced on the glass.
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Word forms
- Base
- coalesce
- Past tense
- coalesced
- Past participle
- coalesced
- Present participle
- coalescing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- coalesce
- Present continuous
- am/is/are coalescing
- Present perfect
- have/has coalesced
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been coalescing
- Past
- coalesced
- Past continuous
- was/were coalescing
- Past perfect
- had coalesced
- Past perfect continuous
- had been coalescing
- Future
- will coalesce
- Future continuous
- will be coalescing
- Future perfect
- will have coalesced
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been coalescing
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: coalesce; coalesces; coalesced; coalesced; coalescing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: coalesces.
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