cohere

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /koʊˈhɪɹ/

Verb

cohere (coheres, present participle cohering; past and past participle cohered)

1. (intransitive) To stick together physically, by adhesion.

   Separate molecules will cohere because of electromagnetic force.

2. (intransitive, figurative) To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.

   Members of the party would cohere in the message they were sending.

Related terms

• adhere
• coherence
• coherent
• cohesive
• inhere

Translations

• French: s'attirer, attirer, se cohérer
• German: aneinanderhaften, aneinanderkleben, binden, ein Ganzes bilden, eine Einheit bilden
• Spanish: cohesionar

Translations

• German: in sich geschlossen sein, zusammenhängen
• Spanish: ser coherente

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