Cohesive Meaning
/kəʊˈhiː.sɪv/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjHaving cohesion.
nounA substance that provides cohesion
Sentence Examples
The departmental heads, lost in petty argument, could not reach a cohesive decision.
A text could be coherent but not cohesive, and vice versa.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The group remained ____ despite facing numerous external pressures.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The group needs to become more ____ if they want to succeed.
Word Origin & History
From Latin cohaesus, past participle of cohaereō, + -ive.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Our object is to unite all the manifestations of the New Era into one cohesive whole—New Thought, Christian Science, Theosophy, Vedanta, Bahaism, and the other sparks from the one New Light."
— 1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XXX, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC:
"Maloney’s moment of magic ensured they did not. For Scotland, who produced the best of what cohesive football there was on the night, it was a merited outcome."
— 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:
"“It was presented as a cohesive worldview that you could maintain if you studied the Bible,” she told me. “Part of that was that climate change isn’t real, that evolution is a myth made up by scientists who hate God, and capitalism is God’s ideal for society.”"
— 2017 April 13, Molly Worthen, “The Evangelical Roots of Our Post-Truth Society”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020:
"The idea of loyalty to a single country and culture, particularly in East Asia, may also “imply the desire to maintain a cohesive ethnocultural identity,” said Dzankic, of GLOBALCIT."
— 2021 March 15, Jessie Yeung, “These Asian countries are giving dual citizens an ultimatum on nationality – and loyalty”, in CNN:
"The thesaurus (Chapman, 1977) lists two pages of mechanical tools, two pages of joining functions, and a half page of adhesives, binders, and cohesives used to build or repair consumer goods."
— 2001, Doris Banowsky Arrington, Home is Where the Art Is, →ISBN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The group remained ____ despite facing numerous external pressures.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The group needs to become more ____ if they want to succeed.