Meaning

5 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)State of cohering, or of working together.

    Unit cohesion is important in the military.

    Zusammenhalt

    еди́нствоjedínstvo, сплочённостьspločónnostʹ, сцепле́ниеsceplénije

    згурто́ваністьzhurtóvanistʹ

    the state of cohering or sticking together

  2. (uncountable, usually)Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together.

    коге́зияkogézija, сцепле́ниеsceplénije

    коге́зіяkohézija, зче́пленняzčéplennja

    (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid

  3. (uncountable, usually)Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant.

    сраста́ниеsrastánije

    (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)

  4. (uncountable, usually)Degree to which functionally related elements in a system belong together.

    свя́зностьsvjáznostʹ

  5. (uncountable, usually)Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text.

    (linguistics) the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Grooming in primates increases group cohesion.

    deBei Primaten stärkt Fellpflege den Gruppenzusammenhalt.

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  2. He speaks without meaning or cohesion.

    deEr redet ohne Sinn und Zusammenhang.

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  3. Academic writing needs to show cohesion and coherence.

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  4. The obedience of everyone to rules, even absurd ones, promotes a greater cohesion within society.

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  5. The Kabyle dialect's influence in Algeria is driving the formation of a standardized Berber language, promoting linguistic cohesion.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
the state of cohering, or of sticking together:
the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together:
Русский
By meaning 4
the state of cohering, or of sticking together:
the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together:
the growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant:
the degree to which functionally related elements belong together:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the state of cohering, or of sticking together:

Origin

Attested from the late 17th century, borrowed from French cohésion, from Latin cohaesiō, c

Attested from the late 17th century, borrowed from French cohésion, from Latin cohaesiō, cohaesiōnem.

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Forms

plural: cohesions
Singularcohesion

uncountable

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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