单词 | coherence |
释义 | coherence (once / 5721 pages) 1n 2n When something has coherence, all of its parts fit together well. An argument with coherence is logical and complete — with plenty of supporting facts. Coherence comes from a Latin word meaning “to stick together. When you say policies, arguments and strategies are coherent, you’re praising them for making sense. Scientists are always looking for coherence in data to support their hypotheses. And coaches are always looking for coherence in their teams, so they don't fall apart. WORD FAMILYcoherence: coherences+/cohere: cohered, coherence, coherency, coherent, coheres, cohering, cohesion, cohesive/coherency: coherencies/coherent: coherently, incoherent/cohesion: cohesions/cohesive: cohesively, cohesiveness/incoherence: incoherences/incoherency: incoherencies/incoherent: incoherence, incoherency, incoherently USAGE EXAMPLES"It really requires norms of coherence and consistency," he said. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Prof Mullis said that the success of Asian countries reflected the "coherence" of their approach and a "culture steeped in education". BBC(Nov 29, 2016) Goodbye to All That is not all about the war, but it has a strong internal coherence. The Guardian(Nov 28, 2016) 1 n the state of cohering or sticking together 2Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness incoherence, incoherency lack of cohesion or clarity or organization consistency logical coherence and accordance with the facts continuityuninterrupted connection or union connectedness, connection, link the state of being connected n logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts Syn|Hyper coherency comprehensibility, understandability the quality of comprehensible language or thought |
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