cohere

/koʊˈhɪər/

/kəʊˈhɪə/

Other forms: cohering; coheres; cohered

When things cohere, they come together in a meaningful way. It wasn't until we won a game that our team finally cohered, and we actually felt like a unit.

Co- means "together," and here is from the Latin haerēre, "to stick." Put them together and you have "to stick together." When people work together on a project, it's important that their ideas cohere, otherwise the work can seem disjointed and awkward. The beauty of the dance was in the timing: everyone was so in step that they seemed to cohere into one great mass of humanity. If the president's staff doesn't cohere into a cohesive unit, his policies will never come together either.

Definitions of cohere

1. verb

   cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole
   “Religion can cohere social groups”

   type of:

   alter, change, modify

   cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
2. verb

   have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results
   “the principles by which societies cohere”

   type of:

   be

   have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
3. verb

   come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
   “The sushi rice grains cohere”

   synonyms: adhere, cleave, cling, stick

   adhere, bind, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to

   stick to firmly

   stick

   fasten with an adhesive material like glue

   types:

   mold

   fit tightly, follow the contours of

   conglutinate

   stick together

   agglutinate

   clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.

   haemagglutinate, hemagglutinate

   cause the clumping together (of red blood cells)

   type of:

   adjoin, contact, meet, touch

   be in direct physical contact with; make contact