coalesce

UK
/ˌkəʊəˈlɛs/
US
/ˌkoʊəˈlɛs/
coalesceverb
coalesced
Past Simple
coalesced
Past Participle
coalescing
Gerund
UK
/ˌkəʊəˈlɛs/
US
/ˌkoʊəˈlɛs/
Translations
Over time, the broken bones will coalesce.
Со временем сломанные кости срастутся.
The rivers coalesce at the base of the mountain.
Реки сливаются у подножия горы.
The two companies decided to coalesce to form a stronger entity.
Две компании решили объединяться, чтобы создать более сильную организацию.
Additional translations
составлять целое
Definitions
To come together to form one mass or whole.
The separate streams coalesced into a single river.
To unite or merge into a single body or group.
The various factions coalesced to form a powerful political party.
To cause (separate elements) to unite or merge into a single whole; to fuse.
The editor managed to coalesce the various reports into one comprehensive document.
Computing: to return the first non-null or first available value from a list of expressions.
The query used COALESCE(user_name, 'Guest') to supply a default when the column was empty.