cohesive

[ koh-hee-siv ]

/ koʊˈhi sɪv /

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adjective

characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.

cohering or tending to cohere; well-integrated; unified: a cohesive organization.

Physics. of or relating to the molecular force within a body or substance acting to unite its parts.

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Sandy and Danny, peanut butter and jelly: these pairs are cohesive because this means being naturally and logically connected.

Origin of cohesive

First recorded in 1720–30; cohes(ion) + -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM cohesive

co·he·sive·ly, adverb co·he·sive·ness, noun non·co·he·sive, adjective non·co·he·sive·ly, adverb

non·co·he·sive·ness, noun un·co·he·sive, adjective un·co·he·sive·ly, adverb un·co·he·sive·ness, noun

Words nearby cohesive

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The precision it took to craft such a cohesive, wholly compelling work over 12 years is nothing short of remarkable.

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Later on, he drove the point home: “Everyone seems to have a cohesive idea of what this is with the exception of you.”

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Rep Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) seemed to suggest there was never any cohesive plan at all on this from the beginning.

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Absent a cohesive political strategy, the likely outcome is disintegration—and chaos.

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It lacked a cohesive programming identity and existed within the same hazy hinterlands as IFC.

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Perhaps this is only a weakening of the cohesive force, thus allowing the chemical attractions to assert their strength.

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So, here is "Cohesive Attraction," that we shall consider fully in forthcoming chapters of this book.

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Will you please tell us, Mr. Wilton, how this weakening of cohesive attraction is explained upon the dynamic theory of heat?

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The lawyers' profession is not a creative one but the value in the social structure is cohesive.

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It is, in reality, the residual energy stored against the cohesive forces which imposes the limits on the working.

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British Dictionary definitions for cohesive

cohesive

/ (kəʊˈhiːsɪv) /

adjective

characterized by or causing cohesion

tending to cohere or stick together

Derived forms of cohesive

cohesively, adverb cohesiveness, noun

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