coherent

coherent
[[t]koʊhɪ͟ərənt[/t]]
1) ADJ-GRADED If something is coherent, it is well planned, so that it is clear and sensible and all its parts go well with each other.

He has failed to work out a coherent strategy for modernising the service...

The President's policy is perfectly coherent.

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coherence N-UNCOUNT

The campaign was widely criticised for making tactical mistakes and for a lack of coherence.

coherently ADV ADV with v, ADV adj

The government has to convince voters it is proceeding coherently toward its goals.

2) ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ If someone is coherent, they express their thoughts in a clear and calm way, so that other people can understand what they are saying.

He's so calm when he answers questions in interviews. I wish I could be that coherent.

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coherence N-UNCOUNT

This was debated eagerly at first, but with diminishing coherence as the champagne took hold.

coherently ADV-GRADED

He talked coherently.


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  • Coherent — Basisdaten Entwickler Mark Williams Company Version 4.2.10 (1995) Abstammung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • cohérent — cohérent, ente [ kɔerɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1524; lat. cohærens, p. prés. de cohærere « adhérer ensemble » 1 ♦ Didact. Qui présente de la cohérence, de l homogénéité. ⇒ homogène. 2 ♦ Qui se compose de parties compatibles, liées et harmonisées entre… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Coherent — Co*her ent, a. [L. cohaerens, p. pr. See {Cohere}.] 1. Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent; as, a coherent plan …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cohérent — cohérent, ente (ko é ran, ran t ) adj. 1°   Qui tient réciproquement ensemble. Les grains du grès sont très cohérents. Les molécules du fer sont bien plus cohérentes que celles du plomb.    En botanique, étamines cohérentes, étamines qui tiennent …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • cohérent — COHÉRENT, ENTE, adj. se dit Des parties d un tout qui sont liées entre elles, et du tout lui même relativement à la liaison de ses parties. Ce raisonnement est cohérent dans toutes ses parties …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • coherent — COHERÉNT, Ă adj. v. coerent. Trimis de IoanSoleriu, 28.06.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  COHERÉNT, Ă adj. v. coerent. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN …   Dicționar Român

  • coherent — 1550s, from M.Fr. cohérent (16c.), from L. cohaerentem (nom. cohaerens), prp. of cohaerere cohere, from com together (see CO (Cf. co )) + haerere to stick (see HESITATION (Cf. hesitation)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • coherent — coherent, cohesive Both words come from a Latin root related to our word cohere, but their meanings are different. Coherent means ‘logical and consistent’ and is applied to speakers and their arguments. See also cogent. Cohesive means ‘tending to …   Modern English usage

  • coherent — I (clear) adjective adapted to the understanding, apparent, apprehensible, articulate, audible, clear cut, cogent, cognizable, cohaerens, comprehensible, concise, congruens, decipherable, defined, definite, direct, discernible, distinct, easily… …   Law dictionary

  • coherent — [adj] understandable articulate, comprehensible, consistent, identified, intelligible, logical, lucid, meaningful, orderly, organized, rational, reasoned, sound, systematic; concept 402 Ant. disorganized, incomprehensible, irrational, not… …   New thesaurus

  • coherent — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of an argument or theory) logical and consistent. 2) able to speak clearly and logically. 3) holding together to form a whole. DERIVATIVES coherence noun coherently adverb …   English terms dictionary

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