COHERE Definition & Meaning

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cohere

[ koh-heer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

cohered, cohering.

to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass:
The particles of wet flour cohered to form a paste.
Physics. (of two or more similar substances) to be united within a body by the action of molecular forces.
to be naturally or logically connected:
Without sound reasoning no argument will cohere.
Synonyms:
to agree; be congruous:
Her account of the incident cohered with his.

cohere

/ ��əʊˈ��ɪə /

verb

to hold or stick firmly together
to be connected logically; be consistent
physics to be held together by the action of molecular forces

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of cohere¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin ��ǳ󲹱��ŧ��, equivalent to co- co- + �󲹱��ŧ�� “to stick, cling”

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of cohere¹

C16: from Latin co�󲹱��ŧ�� from co- together + �󲹱��ŧ�� to cling, adhere

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Synonym Study

See stick ².

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"This has not happened before, with one department, one unit and one person having the responsibility to cohere and to coordinate the system," he added.

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“Fight Night” flirts with a variety of styles — blaxploitation, police procedural, social drama, the buddy-cop movie — which are successful on their own terms but don’t easily cohere.

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Could you say that the life story Madonna promised to tell cohered Monday with any discernible logic?

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And at times like these, the federation coheres.

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Beyond the libretto, there are musical challenges to making the piece cohere.

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