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Leadership is simply the ability of an individual to coalesce the efforts of other individuals toward achieving common goals. It boils down to looking after your people and ensuring that, from top to bottom, everyone feels part of the team.
Frederick W. Smith

Meaning of "coalesce" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COALESCE

From Latin coalēscere from co- + alēscere to increase, from alere to nourish.
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PRONUNCIATION OF COALESCE

coalesce  [ˌkəʊəˈlɛs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COALESCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Coalesce is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb coalesce in English.

WHAT DOES COALESCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Coalesce

Coalesce may refer to: ▪ Coalesce, a metalcore band from Kansas City, Missouri ▪ Coalesce discography ▪ COALESCE, an SQL function...

Definition of coalesce in the English dictionary

The definition of coalesce in the dictionary is to unite or come together in one body or mass; merge; fuse; blend.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO COALESCE

PRESENT

Present
I coalesce
you coalesce
he/she/it coalesces
we coalesce
you coalesce
they coalesce
Present continuous
I am coalescing
you are coalescing
he/she/it is coalescing
we are coalescing
you are coalescing
they are coalescing
Present perfect
I have coalesced
you have coalesced
he/she/it has coalesced
we have coalesced
you have coalesced
they have coalesced
Present perfect continuous
I have been coalescing
you have been coalescing
he/she/it has been coalescing
we have been coalescing
you have been coalescing
they have been coalescing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I coalesced
you coalesced
he/she/it coalesced
we coalesced
you coalesced
they coalesced
Past continuous
I was coalescing
you were coalescing
he/she/it was coalescing
we were coalescing
you were coalescing
they were coalescing
Past perfect
I had coalesced
you had coalesced
he/she/it had coalesced
we had coalesced
you had coalesced
they had coalesced
Past perfect continuous
I had been coalescing
you had been coalescing
he/she/it had been coalescing
we had been coalescing
you had been coalescing
they had been coalescing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will coalesce
you will coalesce
he/she/it will coalesce
we will coalesce
you will coalesce
they will coalesce
Future continuous
I will be coalescing
you will be coalescing
he/she/it will be coalescing
we will be coalescing
you will be coalescing
they will be coalescing
Future perfect
I will have coalesced
you will have coalesced
he/she/it will have coalesced
we will have coalesced
you will have coalesced
they will have coalesced
Future perfect continuous
I will have been coalescing
you will have been coalescing
he/she/it will have been coalescing
we will have been coalescing
you will have been coalescing
they will have been coalescing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would coalesce
you would coalesce
he/she/it would coalesce
we would coalesce
you would coalesce
they would coalesce
Conditional continuous
I would be coalescing
you would be coalescing
he/she/it would be coalescing
we would be coalescing
you would be coalescing
they would be coalescing
Conditional perfect
I would have coalesce
you would have coalesce
he/she/it would have coalesce
we would have coalesce
you would have coalesce
they would have coalesce
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been coalescing
you would have been coalescing
he/she/it would have been coalescing
we would have been coalescing
you would have been coalescing
they would have been coalescing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you coalesce
we let´s coalesce
you coalesce
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to coalesce
Past participle
coalesced
Present Participle
coalescing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COALESCE


bless
blɛs
convalesce
ˌkɒnvəˈlɛs
deviless
ˈdɛvəlɛs
gentilesse
ˈdʒɛntəˌlɛs
less
lɛs
Manizales
ˌmænɪˈzɑːlɛs
nevertheless
ˌnɛvəðəˈlɛs
nimblesse
ˈnɪmblɛs
noblesse
nəʊˈblɛs
nonetheless
ˌnʌnðəˈlɛs
obsolesce
ˌɒbsəˈlɛs
opalesce
ˌəʊpəˈlɛs
outbless
ˌaʊtˈblɛs
prebless
priːˈblɛs
recalesce
ˌriːkəˈlɛs
rulesse
ruːˈlɛs
simplesse
ˈsɪmplɛs
unless
ʌnˈlɛs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COALESCE

coal-black
coal-burning
coal-fired power station
coal-tar creosote
coal-tar pitch
coalball
coalbin
coalbox
coaldust
coaler
coalescence
coalescent
coalface
coalfield
coalfish
coalhouse
coalification
coalify
coaling station
coalise

WORDS THAT END LIKE COALESCE

acquiesce
compesce
deliquesce
effervesce
effloresce
evanesce
fluoresce
incandesce
intumesce
liquesce
luminesce
phosphoresce
quiesce
recrudesce
rejuvenesce
tumesce
uncoalesce

Synonyms and antonyms of coalesce in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «COALESCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «coalesce» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of coalesce

Translation of «coalesce» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COALESCE

Find out the translation of coalesce to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of coalesce from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «coalesce» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

凝聚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aglutinarse
570 millions of speakers

English

coalesce
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संगठित होना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تلتحم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сливаются
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aglutinam
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একসঙ্গে জন্মান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

s´unir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersatu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verschmelzen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

合体する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

합체
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Coalesce
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

liên hiệp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒன்றுதிரள்வதற்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकसंध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kaynaşmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fondersi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zlewają
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зливаються
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coaliza
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συγχωνεύονται
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

saamvloei
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

koalescera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

koaleserer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of coalesce

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COALESCE»

The term «coalesce» is regularly used and occupies the 60.480 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COALESCE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about coalesce

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5 QUOTES WITH «COALESCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word coalesce.
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Tana French
I like writing about big turning points, where professional and personal lives coalesce, where the boundaries are coming down, and you're faced with a set of choices which will change life forever.
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Jill Hennessy
I've found it easier to write, to coalesce my thoughts, since having children. It brings you back to what you experienced yourself as a child, and you empathize with what your parents went through.
3
Martin Millar
Through sites like MySpace, people coalesce into interest groups, and this gives me the opportunity to do vast mailshots to people who like similar things.
4
Frederick W. Smith
Leadership is simply the ability of an individual to coalesce the efforts of other individuals toward achieving common goals. It boils down to looking after your people and ensuring that, from top to bottom, everyone feels part of the team.
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Lee Strobel
The Internet has helped atheists and agnostics coalesce as never before.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COALESCE»

Discover the use of coalesce in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to coalesce and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Complete Guide to DB2 Universal Database
Among the built-in scalar functions of UDB, there are two functions that behave like special kinds of CASE expressions: null if and coalesce. The nul 1 i f function is a shorthand notation for a CASE expression that returns a null value if its first ...
Donald D. Chamberlin, 1998
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SQL: Practical Guide for Developers
COALESCE takes a list of values and returns the first non-NULL value. COALESCE(<value1>, <value2>, :::, <valueN>) COALESCE is also shorthand for a complicated CASE statement. When the number of values is 2, it is exactly equivalent to ...
Michael J. Donahoo, Gregory David Speegle, 2005
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Oracle PL/SQL by Example
... of expressions and returns the value of the first non-null expression. The COALESCE function has the following structure: COALESCE(expression1, expression2, ..., expressionN) If expression1 evaluates to NULL, expression2 is evaluated.
Benjamin Rosenzweig, Elena Rakhimov, 2008
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Oracle SQL Interactive Workbook
The COALESCE function is similar to the NVL function, yet with an additional twist. Instead of specifying one substitution expression for a null value, you can optionally evaluate multiple substitution columns or substitution expressions.
Alice Rischert, 2002
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SQL For Dummies
COALESCE, like NULLIF, is a shorthand form of a particular CASE expression. COALESCE deals with a list of values that may or may not be null. Here's how it works: If one of the values in the list is non-null: The COALESCE expression takes ...
Allen G. Taylor, 2011
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SQL Server 2012 T-SQL Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach
You use the COALESCE function to return the customer's PhoneNumber if it exists; otherwise, you return the SalesPerson's PhoneNumber. Note that a third value was added to the COALESCE function: '** NO PHONE ** ' . The COALESCE ...
Jason Brimhall, David Dye, Andy Roberts, 2012
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Searching for Art's New Publics
'Coalesce: Happenstance' curated by Paul O'Neill, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, 2009. Installation detail showing Tod Hanson's 'Secure Empty Trash' , 2009 (wall painting background); freee Art Collective's 'Protest Drives History', 2008 ...
Jeni Walwin, 2010
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Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties: Advanced SQL Programming
29.3.2 Averages across Columns The sum of several columns can be done with the COALESCE() function to effectively remove the NULLs by replacing them with zeroes like this: Likewise, the minimum and maximum values of several ...
Joe Celko, 2010
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Coalesce Albums: There is Nothing New Under the Sun, ...
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General Books LLC, LLC Books, 2010
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Origami 5: Fifth International Meeting of Origami Science, ...
A coalesce folded state is a folded state augmented with a coalesce set, which is a subset of the starting sheet. If we take the starting sheet and identify (glue together) all pairs of points in the coalesce set that are collocated by the folded ...
Patsy Wang-Iverson, Robert J. Lang, Mark YIM, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COALESCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term coalesce is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sacrifice keeps Southwest light rail project on track
Mark Dayton should coalesce around funding the state's 10 percent portion of what is now a $1.744 billion project. The 16-mile line is a critical ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Pilot program seeks immediate help for suicidal veterans
“We were able to coalesce the entire delegation behind us.” LoBiondo said he was surprised this was accomplished without even having to ... «New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio, Jul 15»
3
Will the Braves trade Maybin? I doubt it
The talent just didn't coalesce. Maybin's contract isn't awful: He's making $7 million this season; he'll make $8 million next year and $9 million ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jul 15»
4
Hartford Legion's Biggest Foe This Season? The Numbers Game
Ultimately, the Upper Valley's American Legion presence may have to coalesce around Lebanon Post 22 in a reverse of what Grassi ... «Valley News, Jul 15»
5
EU states call for tough new car fuel efficiency targets
The car industry knows this too and has been carefully consulting with consumer and environmental advocates, in a bid to coalesce a more ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
6
Robyn Urback: Olympic Games in Toronto? Oh God, no. Run
Your giggles harden and coalesce, transforming into booming, maniacal laughter. “The Olympics!” You feel a pinching in your side and don't ... «National Post, Jul 15»
7
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh: We won't put public services in jeopardy
... food safety and environmental controls, for example, will coalesce around the lowest current standard rather than adopting best practice. «The National, Jul 15»
8
The Exorcists
The forces that have created this virulent mutation of Al-Qaeda have taken years to coalesce, but the full-blown epidemic is fairly recent. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
9
Nature's call of colitis: Patient and the parasite
Undetected and untreated, these areas of liver destruction can coalesce to form large abscesses and this can result is a surgical emergency ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
10
Simpson, Hughes push for Eltife seat
He is leaving room for other candidates to step in but said both Hughes and Simpson are ahead of any pack of candidates that might coalesce. «KYTX, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Coalesce [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/coalesce>. Apr 2024 ».
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