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coalition of the willing

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables
coali-tion of the will-ing
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of countries whose leaders have been persuaded by another to take up a specific task, usually in the context of an invasion or war.

Etymology

Coined in the early 1970s by MIT professor Lincoln P. Bloomfield and colleagues.

Inflected Forms

coalitions of the willing (plural)

Questions

What does coalition of the willing mean?
A group of countries whose leaders have been persuaded by another to take up a specific task, usually in the context of an invasion or war.
Where does coalition of the willing come from?
Coined in the early 1970s by MIT professor Lincoln P. Bloomfield and colleagues.

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