cohere

  • 11cohere — UK [kəʊˈhɪə(r)] / US [koʊˈhɪr] verb [intransitive] Word forms cohere : present tense I/you/we/they cohere he/she/it coheres present participle cohering past tense cohered past participle cohered formal if ideas or arguments cohere, they seem… …

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  • 12cohere — verb (cohered; cohering) Etymology: Latin cohaerēre, from co + haerēre to stick Date: 1598 intransitive verb 1. a. to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass; broadly stick, adhere b …

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  • 13cohere — verb a) To stick together physically, by adhesion or figuratively by common purpose. Separate molecules will cohere because of electromagnetic force. b) To be consistent as part of a group. Mem …

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  • 14cohere — verb (I) formal 1 if the ideas or arguments in a piece of writing cohere, they are connected in a clear and reasonable way 2 if two objects cohere, they stick together …

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  • 15cohere — /koh hear /, v.i., cohered, cohering. 1. to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass: The particles of wet flour cohered to form a paste. 2. Physics. (of two or more similar substances) to be united within a body by the… …

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  • 16cohere — See adhere, cohere …

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  • 17cohere — co|here [ kou hır ] verb intransitive FORMAL if ideas or arguments cohere, they make good sense when they are considered together …

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  • 18cohere — Synonyms and related words: accord, adhere, agglomerate, agree, answer to, assent, associate, assort with, be consistent, be of one, be uniform with, blend, bunch, check, check out, chime, clasp, cleave, clinch, cling, cling to, clot, cluster,… …

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  • 19cohere — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To stick together] Syn. cleave, adhere, cling; see stick 1 . 2. [To be logically connected] Syn. follow, harmonize, correspond; see agree , make sense sense . See Synonym Study at stick . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. 1.… …

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  • 20cohere — co·here || kəʊ hɪə v. stick together; be consistent …

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