(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a government consisting of people from two or more political parties.
Since June the country has had a ~ government...
N-COUNT: oft N n
2.
A ~ is a group consisting of people from different political or social groups who are co-operating to achieve a particular aim.
He had been opposed by a ~ of about 50 civil rights, women’s and Latino organizations.
= alliance
N-COUNT: oft N of n