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cohesion.

State of cohering, or of working together.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kəʊˈhiː.ʒən/Received-Pronunciation/koʊˈhi.ʒən/Canada, General-American/kəʉˈhiː.ʒən/Australia[kəʉˈhɪi.ʒn̩]Australia
  1. State of cohering, or of working together.

    uncountable · usually
    Unit cohesion is important in the military.
  2. Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together.

    uncountable · usually
  3. Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant.

    uncountable · usually
  4. Degree to which functionally related elements in a system belong together.

    uncountable · usually
  5. Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text.

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cohaesiōlbor. French cohésionbor. English cohesion Attested from the late 17th century, borrowed from French cohésion, from Latin cohaesiō, cohaesiōnem.

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