cohesive

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /koʊˈhisɪv/ UK /kəʊˈhiːsɪv/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
forming a united whole; sticking together

The coach forged the recruits into a cohesive team.

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Synonyms

1 adj · forming a united whole;... unified united integrated connected coherent solid compact

Opposites

disjointed fragmented incoherentdisunited

Word family

Derived forms cohesivelycohesiveness

Related forms cohesion cohere coherent

Etymology

From Latin cohaes- (past participle stem of cohaerēre 'to stick together') + -ive, from co- 'together' + haerēre 'to stick'.

cohaerēre Latin haerēre Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# cohesive

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /koʊˈhisɪv/
**IPA (UK):** /kəʊˈhiːsɪv/

## Meanings
1. forming a united whole; sticking together

## Examples
- The coach forged the recruits into a cohesive team.

## Synonyms
- unified
- united
- integrated
- connected
- coherent
- solid
- compact

## Antonyms
- disjointed
- fragmented
- incoherent
- disunited

## Derived Forms
- cohesively
- cohesiveness

## Related Forms
- cohesion
- cohere
- coherent

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cohaerēre
- Root: haerēre

## Etymology
From Latin cohaes- (past participle stem of cohaerēre 'to stick together') + -ive, from co- 'together' + haerēre 'to stick'.

## AI Etymology
Cohesive comes from Latin cohaes- (past participle stem of cohaerēre 'to stick together') + -ive, from co- 'together' + haerēre 'to stick'. The historical trail runs through cohaerēre in Latin and haerēre in Latin. Morphologically, cohesive is transparent: it draws on Latin cohaes- (past participle stem of cohaerēre 'to stick together') + -ive, from co- 'together' + haerēre 'to stick'. Used as an adjective, cohesive now means "forming a united whole; sticking together", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as cohesively and cohesiveness and related forms such as cohesion, cohere, and coherent. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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