adjective
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characterized by or causing cohesion
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tending to cohere or stick together
Other Word Forms
- cohesively adverb
- cohesiveness noun
- noncohesive adjective
- uncohesive adjective
Etymology
Origin of cohesive
First recorded in 1720–30; cohes(ion) + -ive
Example Sentences
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When stirred through at the end, it thickens the tomato juices into something cohesive — salty, tangy, faintly luxurious.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026
Smoother on the ball and more cohesive than an Arsenal side based on organisation, the traffic only flowed one way.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
But every gallery contains surprises, and for a show with such an expansive purview and so many artworks, the result is surprisingly cohesive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Now Fiddelke must bring it home by tying all those initiatives together into a cohesive playbook.
From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026
More than that, he was one of those responsible for the organization of the G.A.R. as a cohesive and potent force in the national life.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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