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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
lumping, holding, or sticking together.
She molded the clay into a coherent lump.- synonyms:
- agglutinative, cohesive
- similar words:
- sticky, viscous
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| definition 2: |
logically ordered or connected; consistent.
The candidate's positions on the various issues are quite coherent.This paragraph is not coherent, so it's difficult to follow your argument.- synonyms:
- consistent, logical, rational
- antonyms:
- desultory, incoherent, muddled, unconnected
- similar words:
- articulate, clear, cogent, cohesive, comprehensible, intelligible, lucid, meaningful, orderly, organized, systematic, understandable
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| related words: |
consistent, legitimate, limpid, logical |
adverb + (adj.)coherent
barely, conceptually, fairly, intellectually, internally, less, partially, perfectly, reasonably, remarkably, thematically, together
(adj.)coherent
+ adverb
mutually, politically
(adj.)coherent
+ noun
account,
agenda,
alternative,
answer,
approach,
argument,
atom,
beam,
belief,
component,
conception,
construct,
curriculum,
decoration,
definition,
diffraction,
doctrine,
electron,
entity,
essay,
experiment,
explanation,
fashion,
framework,
identity,
ideology,
imaging,
interpretation,
logic,
manner,
meaning,
message,
narrative,
opposition,
oscillation,
paragraph,
pattern,
perspective,
philosophy,
picture,
plan,
plot,
polarization,
policy,
portrait,
principle,
quantum,
radiation,
response,
self,
sentence,
sequence,
set,
strategy,
structure,
system,
theory,
thought,
tradition,
universe,
variation,
view,
vision,
wave,
whole
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| derivation: |
coherently (adv.) |
The word coherent
contains the following parts:
co-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix co-
is a reduced form of com- often used before roots beginning with vowels, such as "ax" and "ev." It is also used with existing English words to indicate a role of fellowship (coworker) or that something is done together (cowrite) See com-.
Example words:
coalesce, coalition, coauthor, coaxial, coeducation, coeval, coexist, cohere, coherent, coincide, cooperate, coterminous
her, hes
Latin
root
that means stick
Example words:
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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