| VERB | contact | cohere, cling, cleave, adhere, stick | come or be in close contact with |
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| stative | cohere | cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole | |
| stative | cohere | have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results |
| Sounds | kowhhih'r | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acyclovir ... zaire / Zaire: 93 rhymes with ihr... | |
| Meaning | Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The sushi rice grains cohere" | |
| Synonyms | cling, cleave, adhere, stick | |
| Entails | attach | Become attached |
| Narrower | agglutinate | clump together |
| conglutinate | stick together | |
| mold | fit tightly, follow the contours of | |
| Broader | touch, adjoin, meet, contact | Be in direct physical contact with |
| Similar to | adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to | stick / stick to firmly |
| stick | Fasten with an adhesive material like glue | |
| Spanish | adherirse, adherir, aferrarse, aferrar, pegarse | |
| Catalan | adherir-se, adherir, aferrar-se, aferrar, enganxar | |
| Adjectives | coherent | sticking together |
| cohesive | causing cohesion | |
| Nouns | coherence, coherency, cohesion | the state of cohering or sticking together |
| Meaning | Cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Religion can cohere social groups" | |
| Cause to | cohere | Have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Adjectives | coherent | marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts |
| cohesive | cohering or tending to cohere | |
| Meaning | Have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "the principles by which societies cohere" | |
| Caused by | cohere | Cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Adjectives | coherent | marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts |
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