cohere
pronunciation
How to pronounce cohere in British English:
UK [kəʊˈhɪə(r)]
How to pronounce cohere in American English:
US [koʊˈhɪr]
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- Verb:
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- cause to form a united, orderly, and aethestically consistent whole
- have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results
Word Origin
- cohere (v.)
- 1590s, from Latin cohaerere "to cleave together," in transferred use, "be coherent or consistent," from com- "together" (see co-) + haerere "to stick" (see hesitation). Related: Cohered; cohering.
Example
- 1. To cause to cohere or form a mass .
- 2. The stories of the three witnesses don 't cohere .
- 3. To cohere or form a mass .
- 4. As a result , a generally atomised , sometimes fractious place seemed to cohere .
- 5. The yao culture is the important force to cohere the yao people .