Coalesce



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 联合, 合并
• ［英］ v. 联合, 合并 ( to unite or merge into a single body; mix)
• ［类］ 反义词: disaggregate ( 分散) ; bifurcate ( 分叉) ; fragment ( 分裂)
• ［记］ co+al=ally ( 联盟) +esce -> 一起联盟 -> 联合

Webster Collegiate

verb (coalesced; coalescing)

• Etymology: Latin coalescere, from co- + alescere to grow — more at old
• Date: circa 1656
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to grow together
  • 2.
    • a. to unite into a whole ; fuse <separate townships have coalesced into a single, sprawling colony — Donald Gould
    • b. to unite for a common end ; join forces <people with different points of view coalesce into opposing factions — I. L. Horowitz
  • 3. to arise from the combination of distinct elements n organized and a popular resistance immediately coalesced — C. C. Menges
• transitive verb
  • to cause to unite <sometimes a book coalesces a public into a mass market — Walter Meade
• Synonyms: see mix
• ? coalescence noun
• ? coalescent adjective

---