verb · academic
cohere
UK/kəʊˈhɪə(r)/US/koʊˈhɪr/co·HERe
Band 6-7speakingtask2
to stick together or be united; to form a logical whole
Examples
“The argument in her essay failed to cohere because the examples were unrelated.”
“Data from different sources must cohere for the study’s conclusions to be convincing.”
“When presenting in Part 3, try to make your points cohere so the examiner can follow your logic.”
Band 8 sentence
“The presenter’s ideas cohere into a compelling argument, making the conclusion feel inevitable rather than forced.”
Collocations
- cohere with
- cohere into
Word family
coherence nouncoherent adjective
Common mistakes
use 'connect' always instead of 'cohere'→cohere
Say it for a higher band
5connect→6link→7+cohere
Synonyms
unite
hold together
Easily confused
coherent
“Her points are coherent and well supported.”
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