Antonyms for cohere


Grammar : Verb
Spell : koh-heer
Phonetic Transcription : koʊˈhɪər


Definition of cohere

Origin :
  • 1590s, from Latin cohaerere "to cleave together," in transferred use, "be coherent or consistent," from com- "together" (see co-) + haerere "to stick" (see hesitation). Related: Cohered; cohering.
  • verb stick to, cling
  • verb agree, conform
Example sentences :
  • But some things do not at all cohere with what is otherwise known of Albert.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 » by Various
  • There must be no interval, that is, between the parts, or they will not cohere.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10) » by Alexander Pope
  • Milk will be necessary to mix it, and also a beaten egg to make it cohere.
  • Extract from : « The Young Housekeeper's Friend » by Mrs. (Mary Hooker) Cornelius
  • When the two cohere they establish the current of existence.
  • Extract from : « The Women of Tomorrow » by William Hard
  • Had it shaken the atoms of his young purpose too far astray for them ever to cohere again?
  • Extract from : « Old Crow » by Alice Brown
  • They must be made to cohere, and the way to do this he had found.
  • Extract from : « Pragmatism » by D.L. Murray
  • Nor has an idea to reckon only with facts: it has also to cohere with other ideas.
  • Extract from : « Pragmatism » by D.L. Murray
  • She was a whole nature; he was of many parts, not yet begun to cohere.
  • Extract from : « Home Again » by George MacDonald
  • These being too imperfect to be printed alone, his friends inserted them in the memorial, where they seemed best to cohere.
  • Extract from : « The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12) » by Edmund Burke
  • The spark coil sent electric waves out in every direction, and those which hit the metal filings made them cohere together.
  • Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Electricity and Its Everyday Uses » by John F. Woodhull

Synonyms for cohere

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