Meaning

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

    Separate molecules will cohere because of electromagnetic force.

    aneinanderhaften, aneinanderkleben, binden

    come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

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

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

    in sich geschlossen sein, zusammenhängen

Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 2
to stick together:
to be consistent as part of a group:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin cohaereō (“cohere, cling (closely) together, harmonise, be consistent

Borrowed from Latin cohaereō (“cohere, cling (closely) together, harmonise, be consistent (with), be in agreement with”).

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Forms

coheres, cohering, cohered, cohered
Base formcohere · to cohere
3rd person singularcoheres
Present participlecohering
Past simplecohered
Past participlecohered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycohere
he, she, itcoheres

Past simpleLesson

all personscohered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cohered
he, she, ithas cohered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cohere

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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