Cohere

[kə(ʊ)'hɪə] or [ko'hɪr]

Definition

(verb.) have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; 'the principles by which societies cohere' .

(verb.) cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole; 'Religion can cohere social groups' .

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Definition

(a.) To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass.

(a.) To be united or connected together in subordination to one purpose; to follow naturally and logically, as the parts of a discourse, or as arguments in a train of reasoning; to be logically consistent.

(a.) To suit; to agree; to fit.

Editor: Vlad

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Adhere, cleave, unite, hold, stick together, hold together.[2]. Suit, fit, agree, square, quadrate, tally, coincide, comport.

Checker: Reginald

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Stick, adhere, conform, unite, coalesce

ANT:Sever, separate, disunite, disintegrate

Edited by Laurence

Definition

v.i. to stick together: to follow in proper connection: to be consistent.—ns. Coher′ence a sticking together: a consistent connection between several parts: congruity; Coher′ency.—adj. Coher′ent sticking together: connected: consistent in thought or speech.—adv. Coher′ently.—n. Coher′er an apparatus for the reception of the waves in 'wireless' telegraphy.—adj. Cohē′sible capable of cohesion.—n. Cohē′sion the act of sticking together: a form of attraction by which particles of bodies stick together: logical connection.—adj. Cohē′sive having the power of cohering: tending to unite into a mass.—adv. Cohē′sively.—ns. Cohē′siveness Cohesibil′ity.

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