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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Examples
- Homologous parts tend to vary in the same manner, and homologous parts tend to cohere. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In other orchids the threads cohere at one end of the pollen-masses; and this forms the first or nascent trace of a caudicle. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The electric waves cause these filings to cohere, and so vary the resistance to the passage of the current as to give a basis for transformation into a record. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- That dream of beautiful Paris was not likely to cohere into substance in the presence of this misfortune. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They were next subjected to great pressure, for the purpose of making the fibrous particles cohere sufficiently to form sheets of paper. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The alternate cohering by the waves and decohering by the tapper continue uninterruptedly as long as the transmitting key at the distant station is depressed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- These blooms consist of particles of nearly pure iron cohering, but retaining still a quantity of slag or vitreous material, and other impurities, which slag, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Editor: Stephen