Definition of cohere Cohere

/kowhɪˈɹ/ - [kowhir] - co•here

We found 11 definitions of cohere from 6 different sources.

What does cohere mean?

Verb coheres, cohering, cohered
cohere - cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole; "Religion can cohere social groups"
		modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
cohere - have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere"
		be spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
cohere - come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
		cling, cleave, adhere, stick
		contact, adjoin, meet, touch attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter"
		mold become moldy; spoil due to humidity; "The furniture molded in the old house"
		conglutinate stick together; "the edges of the wound conglutinated"
		agglutinate clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
		stick saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"

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cohere (Verb)
To stick together physically, by adhesion or figuratively by common purpose .
cohere (Verb)
To be consistent as part of a group.

cohere (a.)
To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass.
cohere (a.)
To be united or connected together in subordination to one purpose; to follow naturally and logically, as the parts of a discourse, or as arguments in a train of reasoning; to be logically consistent.
cohere (a.)
To suit; to agree; to fit.

cohere
To come or be in close contact with; to stick or hold together and resist separation.

cohere
kō-hēr′, v.i. to stick together: to follow in proper connection: to be consistent.—ns. Coher′ence, a sticking together: a consistent connection between several parts: congruity; Coher′ency.—adj. Coher′ent, sticking together: connected: consistent in thought or speech.—adv. Coher′ently.—n. Coher′er, an apparatus for the reception of the waves in 'wireless' telegraphy.—adj. Cohē′sible, capable of cohesion.—n. Cohē′sion, the act of sticking together: a form of attraction by which particles of bodies stick together: logical connection.—adj. Cohē′sive, having the power of cohering: tending to unite into a mass.—adv. Cohē′sively.—ns. Cohē′siveness, Cohesibil′ity. [L. cohærēre, cohæsum, co-, together, and hærēre, to stick.]

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