Meaning & use
Coalesces
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Comes together to form one mass, group, or whole.
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Public opinion slowly coalesces around a single candidate as the election nears.
The scattered droplets coalesce into a single stream as they run down the glass.
A note on using this word
From the Latin coalescere, "to grow together," often used for both physical substances and abstract ideas or groups.
Words with a similar meaning
mergesunitescombines
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Words with an opposite meaning
dispersesseparates
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