Cohere

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Alternative forms

• cohære

Origin

From the Latin cohaereō ("I cohere”, “I cling (closely) together”, “I harmonise”, “I am consistent (with)”, “I am in agreement with").

Full definition of cohere

Verb

1. To stick together physically, by adhesion or figuratively by common purpose.Separate molecules will cohere because of electromagnetic force.
2. To be consistent as part of a group.Members of the party would cohere in the message they were sending.

Related terms

• adhere
• coherence
• coherent
• cohesive
• inhere

Anagrams

• echoer, re-echo, reecho