verb
coalesce
koh-uh-LESS/ˌkəʊəˈles/
To come together into a unified whole.
Two water droplets coalesce into one larger bead on the leaf.
Etymology
The pieces express “growing together”: separate things unite through growth into one body. That image extends naturally to things coming together to form a single whole.
In context
your visual pathway your auditory pathway and your sensory pathways all kind of coalesce into one area
More examples
- Tiny droplets coalesce into larger drops on the glass.
- Our scattered ideas finally coalesced into a workable plan.
- The separate story lines are coalescing into one clear narrative.
Forms
coalesce · coalesces · coalesced · coalescing
coalescence noun — The process of forming one whole.