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Collocations for coalition - noun

ADJECTIVE

strong
loose
broad, broad-based, international, multilateral, multiracial, rainbow
a broad-based coalition of religious and community groups
majority, minority
grand
a grand coalition of various environmental groups
centre-left/center-left, centre-right/center-right, conservative, left-wing, liberal, progressive, radical, right-wing
two-party, three-party, etc.
bipartisan
governing, government, ruling
opposition
political

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VERB + coalition

assemble, build, create, forge, form, organize, put together
The two parties have formed a coalition.
join
head, lead
a coalition led by the Socialist Party

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coalition + VERB

break up, collapse, fall, fall apart

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coalition + NOUN

government
member, partner, party, spokesman
forces, troops

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PREPOSITION

in (a/the) coalition
The two parties governed in coalition for four years.
the biggest party in the government coalition
coalition between
a coalition between the Socialists and Communists
coalition of
a broad coalition of democratic and republican groups
coalition with
They formed a coalition with the Greens.

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