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cohere verb [ kə(ʊ)ˈhɪə ]

• form a unified whole.
• "he made the series of fictions cohere into a convincing sequence"
Similar: stick together, hold together, be united, bind, cling, fuse, form a whole,
Opposite: fall apart,
• (of an argument or theory) be logically consistent.
• "this view does not cohere with their other beliefs"
Similar: be consistent, hang together,
Origin: mid 16th century: from Latin cohaerere, from co- ‘together’ + haerere ‘to stick’.


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