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.

Words nearby cohesive

coherent control, coherent light, coherer, cohesion, cohesionless soil, cohesive, cohesive soil, cohn, cohnheim, coho, coho salmon

Origin of cohesive

First recorded in 1720–30; cohes(ion) + -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM cohesive

co·he·sive·ly, adverbco·he·sive·ness, nounnon·co·he·sive, adjectivenon·co·he·sive·ly, adverb

non·co·he·sive·ness, nounun·co·he·sive, adjectiveun·co·he·sive·ly, adverbun·co·he·sive·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for cohesiveness

The human body, I realized, is beautiful in its complexity and cohesiveness.
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But often times, suicidal soldiers test rather than confirm the “uniqueness” and “cohesiveness” of a unit.
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It was a crowd with every evidence of cohesiveness except that of companionship.
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In her own hall bedroom coziness had been carried close to cohesiveness.
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His mind could not clarify itself; it had no cohesiveness of purpose or of emotion at this particular juncture.
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I never saw such pastry, anything like the toughness and cohesiveness of it; the chicken was not seasoned well, either.
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For the student there is a fascination in the cohesiveness of these dramas.
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British Dictionary definitions for cohesiveness

cohesive

/ (kəʊˈhiːsɪv) /

adjective

characterized by or causing cohesion

tending to cohere or stick together

Derived forms of cohesive

cohesively, adverbcohesiveness, noun

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