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The Latin verb haerēre has shown remarkable stick-to-itiveness in influencing the English lexicon, which is fitting for a word that means "to be closely attached; to stick." Among its descendants are adhere (literally meaning "to stick"), adhere’s relative adhesive (a word for sticky substances), inhere (meaning "to belong by nature or habit"), and even hesitate (which implies remaining stuck in place before taking action). In Latin, haerēre teamed up with the prefix co- to form cohaerēre, which means "to stick together." Cohaerēre is the ancestor of cohesive, a word borrowed into English in the early 18th century to describe something that sticks together literally (such as dough or mud) or figuratively (such as a society or sports team).
Examples of cohesive in a Sentence
Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Match the finish on the window to the sconce to create a cohesive look.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2024
But Schaeffer also used WandaVision to weave beats from the franchise’s tentpole films into a cohesive narrative that helped bring the entire MCU into its multiversal era.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2024
The Bills have steadily improved this season and the offense has looked like a more cohesive unit ever since the arrival of Amari Cooper from the Cleveland Browns.
—Andy Scholes, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Cohesive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cohesive. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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cohesive
adjective
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