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Added 9 October 2026

cohere

/kəʊˈhɪə/ verb

In Latin: cohaereō Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cohere at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin cohaereō (“cohere, cling (closely) together, harmonise, be consistent (with), be in agreement with”).

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