definitions

cohesive

[ koh-hee-siv ]
/ koʊˈhi sɪv /

adjective

characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
cohering or tending to cohere; well-integrated; unified: a cohesive organization.
Physics. of or relating to the molecular force within a body or substance acting to unite its parts.

Nearby words

coherent light, coherently, coherer, cohesion, cohesionless soil, cohesive, cohesive soil, cohn, cohn, ferdinand, cohnheim, coho

Origin of cohesive

First recorded in 1720–30; cohes(ion) + -ive
Related forms
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British Dictionary definitions for cohesively

cohesive

/ (kəʊˈhiːsɪv) /

adjective

characterized by or causing cohesion
tending to cohere or stick together
Derived Formscohesively, adverbcohesiveness, noun
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Word Origin and History for cohesively

cohesive

adj.

c.1730 (implied in cohesiveness), from Latin cohaes-, past participle stem of cohaerere (see cohere) + -ive. Related: Cohesively.

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