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cohere
| coherence
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| coherent light
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cohere
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb cohere has 3 senses
- cohere(v = verb.contact) adhere, cleave, cling, stick - come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" is one way to adjoin, contact, meet, touch
- cohere(v = verb.stative) Array - cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole; "Religion can cohere social groups" is one way to alter, change, modify
- cohere(v = verb.stative) Array - have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere" is one way to be
Derived forms noun coherence1, noun coherency1, adjective coherent4, noun cohesion1, adjective cohesive1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Derived forms adjective coherent1, adjective cohesive2
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
Derived form adjective coherent1
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Something ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
- To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass. [1913 Webster]"Neither knows he . . . how the solid parts of the body are united or cohere together." [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]"They have been inserted where they best seemed to cohere." [1913 Webster]
- To suit; to agree; to fit. [1913 Webster]"Had time cohered with place, or place with wishing."
Syn. -- To cleave; unite; adhere; stick; suit; agree; fit; be consistent.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cohere, v.intr.
1 (of parts or a whole) stick together, remain united.
2 (of reasoning etc.) be logical or consistent.
1 (of parts or a whole) stick together, remain united.
2 (of reasoning etc.) be logical or consistent.
Etymology
L cohaerere cohaes- (as CO-, haerere stick)
THESAURUS
cohere
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, coagulate, coalesce, coincide, combine, come together, communicate, comport, concur, conform, conform with, congeal, conglomerate, connect, consist with, converge, cooperate, correspond, dovetail, embrace, fall in together, fit in, fit together, freeze to, fuse, go, go together, go with, grasp, grow together, hang on, hang together, harmonize, hit, hold, hold on, hold together, hug, intercommunicate, interlock, intersect, jibe, join, knit, lock, mass, match, meet, merge, overlap, parallel, persist, register, register with, respond to, set, sing in chorus, solidify, sort with, square, square with, stand together, stay, stay put, stick, stick together, take hold of, tally, uniteROGET THESAURUS
cohere
Junction
VB join, unite, conjoin, connect, associate, put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up together together, embody, reembody, roll into one, attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast, tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain, fetter, lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket, marry, bridge over, span, braze, pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet, impact, solder, set, weld together, fuse together, wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase, graft, ingraft, inosculate, entwine, intwine, interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, entangle, twine round, belay, tighten, trice up, screw up, be joined, hang together, hold together, cohere.Coherence
VB cohere, adhere, stick, cling, cleave, hold, take hold of, hold fast, close with, clasp, hug, grow together, hang together, twine round, stick like a leech, stick like wax, stick close, cling like ivy, cling like a bur, adhere like a remora, adhere like Dejanira's shirt, glue, agglutinate, conglutinate, cement, lute, paste, gum, solder, weld, cake, consolidate, agglomerate.Density
VB be dense, become solid, render solid, solidify, solidate, concrete, set, take a set, consolidate, congeal, coagulate, curd, curdle, lopper, fix, clot, cake, candy, precipitate, deposit, cohere, crystallize, petrify, condense, thicken, gel, inspissate, incrassate, compress, squeeze, ram down, constipate.
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