1. to stick together or be united as a whole
Usage: third person singular present tense of ‘cohere’
2. to be logically consistent or form a unified whole
Usage: often used of ideas, arguments, or narratives

Examples

• The wet sand coheres into solid clumps.
• Her argument coheres well with the available evidence.
• The plot of the novel coheres despite its complex structure.
• The team coheres around shared values and goals.
• His theory coheres with established scientific principles.
• The mixture coheres when heated to the right temperature.