Cohere

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation.
  • verb-intransitive. To have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results: "The movie as a whole failed to cohere” ( Robert Brustein).
  • v. To cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To stick together physically, by adhesion or figuratively by common purpose.
  • v. To be consistent as part of a group.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass.
  • verb-intransitive. To be united or connected together in subordination to one purpose; to follow naturally and logically, as the parts of a discourse, or as arguments in a train of reasoning; to be logically consistent.
  • verb-intransitive. To suit; to agree; to fit.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To stick, or stick together; cleave; be united; hold fast, as one thing to another, or parts of the same mass, or two substances that attract each other.
  • To be well connected or coherent; follow regularly in the natural or logical order; be suited in connection, as the parts of a discourse, or as arguments in a train of reasoning.
  • To suit; be fitted; agree.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results
  • v. cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole
  • v. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
  • Verb Form
    cohered    coheres    cohering   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    be    change    modify    alter   
    Cross Reference
    agree   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    unite    fit    stick    be consistent    cleave   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bombardier    Chevalier    Clear    Deere    Fear