adjective · academic
coherent
UK/kəʊˈhɪərənt/US/koʊˈhɪrənt/co·HE·rent
Band 5-6speakingtask2
logically connected and easy to understand; forming a unified whole
Examples
“Her argument was coherent and well supported.”
“We need a coherent plan before we start.”
“The essay lacks a coherent structure.”
Band 8 sentence
“To get a high score you must present a coherent argument that links examples to theory.”
Collocations
- coherent argument
- coherent structure
- be coherent
Word family
coherence nouncoherently adverb
Common mistakes
clear→coherent
consistent→coherent
Say it for a higher band
5clear→6logical→7+coherent
Synonyms
logical
clear
Easily confused
consistent
“Her data are consistent across studies.”
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