cohere
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cohere
- /kəʊˈhɪə/ UK
- /koʊˈhɪɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
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Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin haereō
Latin cohaereōbor.
English cohere
Borrowed from Latin cohaereō (“cohere, cling (closely) together, harmonise, be consistent (with), be in agreement with”).
verb coheres · cohering · cohered · cohære
- To stick together physically, by adhesion. Separate molecules will cohere because of electromagnetic force.
- To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose. Members of the party would cohere in the message they were sending.
- 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.
