1. (

• alliance ,
• coalition ,
• alignment ,
• alinement

) an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty ;

2. (

• coalition ,
• fusion

) the state of being combined into one body ;

3. (

• coalescence ,
• coalescency ,
• coalition ,
• concretion ,
• conglutination

) the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts ;