About The Word Cohere
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Cohere
Cohere Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Cohere?
[v] 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"
[v] have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere" [v] cause to form a united, orderly, and aethestically consistent whole; "Religion can cohere social groups" Synonyms | Synonyms for Cohere: adhere | cleave | cling | stick Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 | unite See Also | adjoin | agglutinate | alter | attach | be | change | cohere | conglutinate | contact | meet | mold | touch Cohere In Webster's Dictionary \Co*here"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cohered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Cohering}.] [L. cohaerere, cohaesum; co- + haerere to
stick, adhere. See {Aghast}, a.]
1. To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast,
as parts of the same mass.
Neither knows he . . . how the solid parts of the
body are united or cohere together. --Locke.
2. 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.
They have been inserted where they best seemed to
cohere. --Burke.
3. To suit; to agree; to fit. [Obs.]
Had time cohered with place, or place with wishing.
--Shak.
Syn: To cleave; unite; adhere; stick; suit; agree; fit; be
consistent.
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