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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024co•here /koʊˈhɪr/USA pronunciation v. [no object], -hered, -her•ing. - to stick together;
be united:The plastic and wood can't cohere without special glue. - to be logically connected;
be consistent:The arguments cohere nicely.
See -here-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024co•here (kō hēr′),USA pronunciation v.i., -hered, -her•ing. - to stick together;
be united;
hold fast, as parts of the same mass:The particles of wet flour cohered to form a paste. - Physics(of two or more similar substances) to be united within a body by the action of molecular forces.
- to be naturally or logically connected:Without sound reasoning no argument will cohere.
- to agree;
be congruous:Her account of the incident cohered with his.
- Latin cohaerēre, equivalent. to co- co- + haerēre to stick, cling
- 1590–1600
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See stick 2.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged follow.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cohere /kəʊˈhɪə/ vb (intransitive)- to hold or stick firmly together
- to be connected logically; be consistent
- to be held together by the action of molecular forces
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin cohaerēre from co- together + haerēre to cling, adhere |