Pronunciations (3)
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/kəʊˈhɪə/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
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/koʊˈhɪɚ/
Pronunciation notes
- US
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koʊˈhɪɹ
Verb
To stick together physically, by adhesion.
Usage- Intransitive
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Separate molecules will cohere because of electromagnetic force.
Nothing coheres the way you expect. Substances float around each other until you crush them all with a blender.
To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.
Usage- Figurative
- Intransitive
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Members of the party would cohere in the message they were sending.
That dream of beautiful Paris was not likely to cohere into substance in the presence of this misfortune.
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A system that degrades but coheres is a far better place to live than a system that completely collapses.
To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.
Usage- Figurative
- Transitive
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This division suggests that Khamenei is not playing his usual role of cohering the regime during a crisis.
Verb
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
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The dress clings to her body
The label stuck to the box
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The sushi rice grains cohere
cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole
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Religion can cohere social groups
have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results
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the principles by which societies cohere