cohere
English
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Etymology
From the Latin cohaereō (“I cohere, I cling (closely) together, I harmonise, I am consistent (with), I am in agreement with”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Verb
cohere (third-person singular simple present coheres, present participle cohering, simple past and past participle cohered)
- (intransitive) To stick together physically, by adhesion.
- Separate molecules will cohere because of electromagnetic force.
- 2018 July 19, Zoe Williams, “Can ditching meat and dairy open up new taste sensations? My week as a foodie vegan”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Nothing coheres the way you expect. Substances float around each other until you crush them all with a blender.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.
- Members of the party would cohere in the message they were sending.
- 1878 January–December, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], published 1878, →OCLC:
- That dream of beautiful Paris was not likely to cohere into substance in the presence of this misfortune.
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Translations
to stick together
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to be consistent as part of a group
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Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) cohērē
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