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Etymology[edit]
From the Latin cohaereō (“I cohere, I cling (closely) together, I harmonise, I am consistent (with), I am in agreement with”).
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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, figuratively) To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.
- Members of the party would cohere in the message they were sending.
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Translations[edit]
to stick together
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to be consistent as part of a group
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Verb[edit]
cohērē