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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In a March publication, the Defense Ministry said it wanted to deploy at least 29 additional radar posts to create a cohesive missile-defense network.
The family was such a cohesive unit that Ravinder was 10 before he learned which one was his biological mother.
They joined a long-established Jewish community that helped shape our modern, socially cohesive nation.
By virtue of owning the conclusion, and it’s a moving one, McHale brings order to the whole; given the scattered process, and the changes between and within each section, it feels remarkably cohesive and intentional.
From Los Angeles Times
“Strasbourg 82” displays how he shaped a cohesive whole from the voices of musicians mostly decades his junior, and how he nurtured future stars including, here, Mr. Blanchard and alto saxophonist Donald Harrison.
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