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adjectivecharacterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent. cohering or tending to cohere; well-integrated; unified: a cohesive organization. Physics. of or relating to the molecular force within a body or substance acting to unite its parts. VIDEO FOR COHESIVEWATCH NOW: What Does "Cohesive" Mean Outside Of Science?Sandy and Danny, peanut butter and jelly: these pairs are cohesive because this means being naturally and logically connected. MORE VIDEOS FROM DICTIONARY.COM Origin of cohesiveFirst recorded in 1720–30; cohes(ion) + -ive OTHER WORDS FROM cohesiveco·he·sive·ly, adverbco·he·sive·ness, nounnon·co·he·sive, adjectivenon·co·he·sive·ly, adverb non·co·he·sive·ness, nounun·co·he·sive, adjectiveun·co·he·sive·ly, adverbun·co·he·sive·ness, noun Words nearby cohesivecoherent control, coherent light, coherer, cohesion, cohesionless soil, cohesive, cohesive soil, Cohn, Cohnheim, coho, cohoba Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cohesiveThe precision it took to craft such a cohesive, wholly compelling work over 12 years is nothing short of remarkable. Oscars 2015: The Daily Beast’s Picks, From Scarlett Johansson to ‘Boyhood’|Marlow Stern|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST Later on, he drove the point home: “Everyone seems to have a cohesive idea of what this is with the exception of you.” Watch a Republican Try to Duck the Abortion Ban He Cosponsored|Jack Holmes|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Rep Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) seemed to suggest there was never any cohesive plan at all on this from the beginning. Inside the GOP Surrender|Ben Jacobs|October 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST Absent a cohesive political strategy, the likely outcome is disintegration—and chaos. Why Egypt Is Too Big to Fail|Rep. Jane Harman|June 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It lacked a cohesive programming identity and existed within the same hazy hinterlands as IFC. Sundance Channel’s ‘Rectify’ Is the Best New Show of 2013|Jace Lacob|April 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST Perhaps this is only a weakening of the cohesive force, thus allowing the chemical attractions to assert their strength. Curiosities of Heat|Lyman B. Tefft So, here is "Cohesive Attraction," that we shall consider fully in forthcoming chapters of this book. Dynamic Thought|William Walker Atkinson Will you please tell us, Mr. Wilton, how this weakening of cohesive attraction is explained upon the dynamic theory of heat? Curiosities of Heat|Lyman B. Tefft The lawyers' profession is not a creative one but the value in the social structure is cohesive. The Man in Court|Frederic DeWitt Wells It is, in reality, the residual energy stored against the cohesive forces which imposes the limits on the working. The Energy System of Matter|James Weir
British Dictionary definitions for cohesive
adjectivecharacterized by or causing cohesion tending to cohere or stick together Derived forms of cohesivecohesively, adverbcohesiveness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cohesiveunited, close-knit, tenacious, adhesive, connected |