cohesive
cohesive
Definition
co·he·sive (-hēs′iv)
adjective
sticking together; causing or characterized by cohesion
co·he′·sively adverb
co·he′·sive·ness noun
cohesive
Usage Examples
Preposition: in
- structure: It is cohesive in structure but lacks excitement or innovation.
- belief: Also I'm not sure that the early church was any more cohesive in belief than we are today.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- make: This gains no marks and can make the study less cohesive.
Modifies a noun
- bandage: For birds we suggest the addition of a cohesive bandage, we find these ideal for wrapping birds instead of adhesive bandages.
- sediment: An actively eroding river bank on the River Severn at Abermule showing cohesive sediment slumping to the bank toe.
- society: What we need is a cohesive society with high morale " .
- community: The cohesive community now slowly begins to break down.
- whole: The format is a cohesive whole, unlike the style where each chapter is a company.
- identity: County Fermanagh has benefited from having a cohesive county identity.
Modifying Another Word
- socially: We were continuing to do all we could to build a socially cohesive society.
- truly: These issues need to receive greater attention if a truly cohesive society is to become a reality.
- highly: This is a highly cohesive exhibition, which successfully shows the diverse nature of artistic interpretation of a singular theme.
- very: Don't get me wrong, we've got 13 songs here that form a very cohesive whole.
- internally: On the other side there was simply a hope that national spontaneity would prove internally cohesive.
- not: These groups, however, were often not cohesive enough to survive the death of the master.
Used with adjective complement
- become: The NPC wants to see the research community becoming more physically cohesive.
- sound: The original Traffic albums generally sound more cohesive than any compilations, but everybody has to begin somewhere.
- build: In this course, you gain the knowledge to build cohesive, high-performance teams.
- seem: The plot had some interesting twists in it; but didn't seem convincingly cohesive as a whole.
- feel: This CD is made up from 2 different sessions but still feels cohesive.
