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

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

Mr. Harpham’s book shows that the history of ideas encompasses much more than what intellectuals thought and wrote about in “a collection of sources and texts”; it is “an entire context within which these cohered.”

From The Wall Street Journal

And the more they rehearsed, the more they cohered.

From Los Angeles Times

It all coheres with surprising ease, working on multiple levels at once and playing as something thoughtful, emotional and, most of all, fun.

From Los Angeles Times