cohere
verbUK /kəʊˈhɪə/ · US /koʊˈhɪɚ/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin cohaereō (“cohere, cling (closely) together, harmonise, be consistent (with), be in agreement with”).
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To stick together physically, by adhesion.
- Separate molecules will cohere because of electromagnetic force.
- Nothing coheres the way you expect. Substances float around each other until you crush them all with a blender.2018 July 19, Zoe Williams, “Can ditching meat and dairy open up new taste sensations? My week as a foodie vegan”, in The Guardian:
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Figuratively To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.
- Members of the party would cohere in the message they were sending.
- That dream of beautiful Paris was not likely to cohere into substance in the presence of this misfortune.1878 January–December, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], published 1878, →OCLC:
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- A system that degrades but coheres is a far better place to live than a system that completely collapses.2024 April 15, Charles Hugh Smith, Financial Forecast 2025-2032: Please Don't Be Naive:
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Figuratively To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.
- This division suggests that Khamenei is not playing his usual role of cohering the regime during a crisis.2022 October 2, Nicholas Carl, Kitaneh Fitzpatrick, Zachary Coles, and Frederick W. Kagan, “Iran Crisis Update, October 2”, in Iran Project, Institute for the Study of War: