coalesce

Other forms of coalesce

past tense

coalesced·

present participle

coalescing·

third person

coalesces·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about coalesce

What does coalesce mean?

coalesce means "mix together different elements". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in coalesce?

coalesce has 3 syllables: co-a-lesce. The stress falls on "lesce". In IPA it is /ˌkoʊəˈlɛs/.

What is another word for coalesce?

Close synonyms include blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coalesce a common word?

coalesce is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with coalesce?

4 words rhyme with coalesce. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.