Coherence is a state or situation in which all the parts or ideas fit together well so that they form a united whole.
The anthology has a surprising sense of coherence.
More Synonyms of coherence
coherence in British English
(kəʊˈhɪərəns) or coherency (kəʊˈhɪərənsɪ)
noun
1.
logical or natural connection or consistency
2. another word for cohesion (sense 1)
coherence in American English
(koʊˈhɪrəns; koʊˈhɛrəns)
noun
1.
the act or condition of cohering; cohesion
2.
the quality of being logically integrated, consistent, and intelligible; congruity
his story lacked coherence
3. Physics
that property of a set of waves or sources of waves in which the oscillations maintain a fixed relationship to each other
Also coˈherency
Word origin
Fr < L cohaerentia < cohaerens, prp. of cohere
Examples of 'coherence' in a sentence
coherence
The report claimed the existing system lacked coherence and has failed to embrace changes in technology.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Its approach is reactive and lacks coherence.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It may well be successful but it has contributed to a party that lacks coherence.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Fans have talked of a team that is rudderless and lacking coherence.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It aimed to bring national coherence to the governing bodies.
Judith Flanders Consuming Passions: Leisure and Pleasure in Victorian Britain (2006)
Media studies is a subject with little intellectual coherence and meagre relevance to the world of work.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Little thought was given to visual coherence.
Susie Gilbert and Jay Shir A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since1945 (2003)
They have a sense of coherence and an ability to manage their own and others' emotions.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It has no coherence, no sense of itself.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We didn't care about narrative coherence.
John Walsh ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?: A Life Through the Movies (2004)
I think our challenge for the year ahead will be to bring some coherence to this.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Sometimes they talk about themselves the way she thinks about them - you feel that these people lack coherence.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Trading lacked coherence and conviction.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Then the universe is seen as infinite in all directions, but without any backbone of mathematical structure to give it coherence.
Dyson, Freeman Infinite in All Directions (1989)
What the understandable'something must be done' angst of recent days lacks is coherence.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
And how can anyone be sure, when the Tory programme lacks all coherence.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The obvious bias in this particular outline is it lifts up and encourages creativity and innovation, and it also encourages a sense of internal coherence.
Christianity Today (2000)
Such a text, though external to the picture, provided it with narrative coherence and aesthetic unity.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
And try as they might, the charm of the leads can't hide the lack of coherence or overbearing sentimentality.
The Sun (2014)
And what if the highest goal achievable, as a result, is simply the internal coherence of a speculative argument?
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
British policing lacks consistency and coherence, with different forces buying different equipment, failing to share information and engaging in petty geographical rivalries.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
And the film, while it suffers from a lack of coherence and focus, has enough brutally perceptive and hilarious moments to gloss over the rough edges.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In other languages
coherence
British English: coherence NOUN
Coherence is a state or situation in which all the parts or ideas fit together well so that they form a united whole.
The anthology has a surprising sense of coherence.
American English: coherence
Brazilian Portuguese: coerência
Chinese: 连贯性
European Spanish: coherencia
French: cohérence
German: Kohärenz
Italian: coerenza
Japanese: 一貫性
Korean: 통일성
European Portuguese: coerência
Latin American Spanish: coherencia
1 (noun)
the political structure which can lend coherence to a global enterprise
Synonyms
consistency
There's always a lack of consistency in matters of foreign policy.
rationality
concordance
consonance
congruity
union
agreement
The results are generally in agreement with these figures.
connection
unity
correspondence
correspondences between Eastern religions and Christianity
2 (noun)
The campaign was widely criticized for making tactical mistakes and for a lack of coherence.
Synonyms
intelligibility
the ready intelligibility of her poems
comprehensibility
Additional synonyms
in the sense of agreement
The results are generally in agreement with these figures.
Synonyms
correspondence,
agreeing,
accord,
similarity,
consistency,
analogy,
accordance,
correlation,
affinity,
conformity,
compatibility,
congruity,
suitableness
in the sense of comprehensibility
Synonyms
intelligibility,
clarity,
explicitness,
plainness,
user-friendliness,
clearness,
conceivability,
apprehensibility,
conceivableness,
intelligibleness
in the sense of correspondence
Definition
relationship or similarity
correspondences between Eastern religions and Christianity