cohere

American  

[koh-heer] / koʊˈhɪər /

verb (used without object)

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 action of molecular forces.

3. to be naturally or logically connected.

   Without sound reasoning no argument will cohere.

   Synonyms:

   follow

4. to agree; be congruous.

   Her account of the incident cohered with his.

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cohere British  

/ kəʊˈhɪə /

verb

1. to hold or stick firmly together

2. to be connected logically; be consistent

3. physics to be held together by the action of molecular forces

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Related Words

See stick ².

Etymology

Origin of cohere

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin cohaerēre, equivalent to co- co- + haerēre “to stick, cling”

Example Sentences

Especially when Mr. Taborn’s chords spill into watery tremolos, all this coheres.

From The Wall Street Journal

The adjacency arises from the Virginian’s embrace of those parts of the president’s agenda that cohere with an older American conservatism.

From The Wall Street Journal

As “A Private Life” moves along, with Lilian negotiating a break-in, threats and lapses in judgment, it never exactly coheres.

From Los Angeles Times

This attachment to home-based ritual, as it happens, coheres with Judaism.

From The Wall Street Journal

Elements of this book that cannot be prized apart also cannot cohere.

From Los Angeles Times