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co·here (kō hir)

intransitive verb cohered -·hered′, cohering -·her′·ing

    1. to stick together, as parts of a mass
    2. to be united by molecular cohesion
  1. to be connected naturally or logically, as by a common principle; be consistent
  2. to become or stay united in action; be in accord

Etymology: L cohaerere < co-, together + haerere, to stick

cohere Synonyms

cohere

v.

  1. To stick together

    cleave, adhere, cling; see stick 1.

  2. To be logically connected

    follow, harmonize, correspond; see agree, make sensesense. See syn. study at stick.

cohere Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • basis: John Locke No society can cohere on this basis.

Preposition: into

  • something: Usually this process of organization takes several drafts before it finally coheres into something that is well-structured.

Modifying Another Word

  • not: Another risk is that the network will not cohere.
  • together: In Him they all cohere together in unity like a great equation of life and being.
  • all: But there is a moment where it all coheres and all three of us are firing at once.
  • n't: To use an expression of Coleridge's " they are like marbles in a bag; they touch but they do n't cohere " .
  • nevertheless: Varied and wide ranging, they nevertheless cohere around a core of shared themes.
  • positively: For a belief to positively cohere it must in some way be supported or made probable by the doxastic system with which it coheres.

Preposition: in

  • manner: It is idle to ask why Greenwich should not cohere in this spiritual manner while Athens or Sparta did.

Preposition: with

  • set: Every truth coheres with the set of beliefs of an omniscient being.
  • belief: A belief is true to the degree that it coheres with other beliefs.
  • idea: How does the admonition of Deut 4:2 cohere with the idea of inspired textual updating?

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