cohere
verb (used without object)
to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass.
cohered
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past participleof cohere.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof cohere.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
cohereverb (used without object)to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass.
Example Sentences
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It was partially thanks to him that the Huntington recently acquired an extensive archive documenting the dome and the postwar UFO community that cohered around its creator, ufologist George Van Tassel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
It cohered only by ignoring certain experiences, stories, and viewpoints.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2023
This is before modern, post-war feminism has really cohered into a visible movement.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
Refracted through a camera lens, that struggle cohered into something like magic; in real life, it dissolved into its two combatants.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2020
To produce a scroll, the stalks of the plant were slit open and laid flat in overlapping fashion; when two layers of these were pressed or pounded, the moisture-laden stalks cohered, producing a sheet.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
