COHERE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cohere mean? 

• COHERE (verb)
  The verb COHERE has 3 senses:

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

2. cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole

3. have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results

  Familiarity information: COHERE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COHERE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they cohere    ... he / she / it coheres   
Past simple: cohered   
Past participle: cohered   
-ing form: cohering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

adhere; cleave; cling; cohere; stick

Context example:

The sushi rice grains cohere

Hypernyms (to "cohere" is one way to...):

adjoin; contact; meet; touch (be in direct physical contact with; make contact)

"Cohere" entails doing...:

attach (become attached)

Verb group:

adhere; bind; bond; hold fast; stick; stick to (stick to firmly)

stick (fasten with an adhesive material like glue)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cohere"):

mold (fit tightly, follow the contours of)

conglutinate (stick together)

agglutinate (clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

coherence; coherency (the state of cohering or sticking together)

coherent (sticking together)

cohesion (the state of cohering or sticking together)

cohesive (causing cohesion)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

Religion can cohere social groups

Hypernyms (to "cohere" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Cause:

cohere (have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

coherent (marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts)

cohesive (cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

the principles by which societies cohere

Hypernyms (to "cohere" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

coherent (marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts)