cohere

[ koh-heer ]

/ koʊˈhɪər /

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verb (used without object), co·hered, co·her·ing.

to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass: The particles of wet flour cohered to form a paste.

Physics. (of two or more similar substances) to be united within a body by the action of molecular forces.

to be naturally or logically connected: Without sound reasoning no argument will cohere.

to agree; be congruous: Her account of the incident cohered with his.

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Origin of cohere

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

synonym study for cohere

1. See stick².

Words nearby cohere

Cohan, George M., coheir, coheiress, Cohen, cohenite, cohere, coherence, coherence theory, coherent, coherent control, coherent light

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How to use cohere in a sentence

The skills developed in that job surely abetted the show’s two striking video pieces, in which animated moving shapes sometimes cohere into silhouetted human figures.
In the galleries: Exploring the tension between physical and digital art|Mark Jenkins|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
Once a new queen emerged, the colony cohered again, suggesting that in addition to suppressing reproduction, queens also somehow control a colony’s voice.
Naked mole-rat colonies speak with unique dialects|Jonathan Lambert|January 28, 2021|Science News
It’s a potpourri of insights that cohere around the positive Grassmannian, and around the unique mind that generated them.
A Mathematician’s Unanticipated Journey Through the Physical World|Kevin Hartnett|December 16, 2020|Quanta Magazine
I kept waiting for the little mysteries to cohere into something larger, but Todbaum’s motives don’t grow any clearer, nor does the nature of Sandy’s wariness.
Jonathan Lethem’s ‘The Arrest’ imagines a kinder, gentler apocalypse|Ron Charles|November 10, 2020|Washington Post

It’s not entirely clear how Ratcliffe’s allegation really coheres.
Trumpworld’s latest effort to undermine the Russia probe may be even less substantive than prior attempts|Philip Bump|October 7, 2020|Washington Post
A great work of fiction involves a certain frisson that occurs when its various components cohere and then ignite.
Nantucket Rich Beach Lit: What Fitzgerald Wrought|Susan Cheever|July 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
These being too imperfect to be printed alone, his friends inserted them in the memorial, where they seemed best to cohere.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12)|Edmund Burke
Remove the filmy part, and heat the frayed edges till they cohere and form an incipient tube.
On Laboratory Arts|Richard Threlfall
To have him thus cohere into substance at a moment's notice lent him the novelty of a new creation.
A Laodicean|Thomas Hardy
The two packets of eggs sometimes cohere together at their lower ends.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2)|Charles Darwin
If the residual gold is broken up, move the crucible so as to bring the particles together, so that they may cohere.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer

British Dictionary definitions for cohere

cohere

/ (kəʊˈhɪə) /

verb (intr)

to hold or stick firmly together

to be connected logically; be consistent

physics to be held together by the action of molecular forces

Word Origin for cohere

C16: from Latin cohaerēre from co- together + haerēre to cling, adhere

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