Definition of "cohere"

cohere

/kəʊˈhɪə/

verb
third-person singular simple present coheres, present participle cohering, simple past and past participle cohered
1. (intransitive) To stick together physically, by adhesion.
  Quotations
  Nothing coheres the way you expect. Substances float around each other until you crush them all with a blender.
  2018 July 19, Zoe Williams, “Can ditching meat and dairy open up new taste sensations? My week as a foodie vegan”, in The Guardian‎
2. (intransitive, figurative) To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.
  Quotations
  That dream of beautiful Paris was not likely to cohere into substance in the presence of this misfortune.
  1878 January–December, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], published 1878
3. (transitive, figurative) To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.
  Quotations
  This division suggests that Khamenei is not playing his usual role of cohering the regime during a crisis.
  2022 October 2, Nicholas Carl, Kitaneh Fitzpatrick, Zachary Coles, and Frederick W. Kagan, “Iran Crisis Update, October 2”, in Iran Project‎, Institute for the Study of War

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