cohere
verb /kəʊˈhɪə(r)/
/kəʊˈhɪr/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cohere | /kəʊˈhɪə(r)/ /kəʊˈhɪr/ |
| he / she / it coheres | /kəʊˈhɪəz/ /kəʊˈhɪrz/ |
| past simple cohered | /kəʊˈhɪəd/ /kəʊˈhɪrd/ |
| past participle cohered | /kəʊˈhɪəd/ /kəʊˈhɪrd/ |
| -ing form cohering | /kəʊˈhɪərɪŋ/ /kəʊˈhɪrɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] cohere (with something) (of different ideas, arguments, sentences, etc.) to have a clear logical connection so that together they make a whole
- This view does not cohere with their other beliefs.
- The various sections of the report fail to cohere into a satisfactory whole.
- [intransitive] (of people) to work closely together
- It can be difficult to get a group of people to cohere.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin cohaerere, from co- ‘together’ + haerere ‘to stick’.