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noun ADJ. strong | loose | broad, broad-based, rainbow, umbrella an umbrella coalition of human rights organizations | grand a grand coalition of various environmental groups | centre-left, centre-right, conservative, left-wing, liberal, radical, right-wing | two-party, three-party, etc. | cross-party | governing, government, ruling | opposition | wartime | political VERB + COALITION create, form The centre-right opposition parties have formed a coalition. | join | lead a coalition led by the Socialist Party COALITION + VERB break up, collapse, fall (apart) COALITION + NOUN government | forces, member, partner, party PREP. in (a/the) ~ The two parties governed in coalition for four years. the biggest party in the government coalition | ~ between a coalition between the Socialists and Communists | ~ of a broad coalition of democratic and republican groups | ~ with They formed a coalition with the Greens.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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coalition
verbs
form a coalition
• The Social Democrats rejected their offer to form a coalition.
join a coalition
• The Greens of Slovenia agreed to join the coalition led by the Liberal Democratic party.
lead/head a coalition
• The coalition was led by the Christian Democrats and the Socialists.
a coalition collapses/breaks up
• Austria's ruling government coalition collapsed.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + coalition
the ruling/governing coalition
• The March elections may weaken the ruling coalition.
the opposition coalition
(= forming an opposition party to the government )
• The opposition coalition's strength increased from 37 to 53 seats.
a political coalition
• a political coalition of centre parties
a two-party/three-party etc coalition
• The composition of the three-party coalition remains unchanged.
a left-wing/right-wing etc coalition
• The left-wing coalition was led by the former guerrilla movement.
coalition + NOUN
a coalition government
• There is little enthusiasm among voters for a coalition government.
a coalition partner
• There were fundamental differences between the two main coalition partners.
a coalition member
• Some coalition members are unhappy with the proposal.
a coalition party
• The treaty required the backing of both governing coalition parties.
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