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UK
/kəʊhˈiəɹənt/
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[ US /koʊˈhɪɹənt/ ]
[ US /koʊˈhɪɹənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
sticking together
two coherent sheets
tenacious burrs -
marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
a coherent argument -
capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner
she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident
a lucid thinker - (physics) of waves having a constant phase relation
How To Use coherent In A Sentence
- They show the star sometimes rambling and at other times virtually incoherent. The Sun
- She began to mutter incoherently.
- David muttered something incoherent and rude and scrambled to his feet, fumbling for the sword.
- Williams subsided over his beer, muttering some kind of incoherent threat, as Leslie smiled.
- I follow sullenly, muttering something barely coherent, concerning lies and unfairness.
- Passengers' eyes divert to Lauren and they begin to mutter incoherently about her.
- This regress is signalled not only by increases in mental confusion but by typography less and less coherent, the type straying over the page, and with some pages simply blank.
- The result is a totally incoherent agglomeration of speech-forms -- a baragouin fantastic and unintelligible beyond the power of anyone to imagine who has not heard it .... Two Years in the French West Indies
- We believe he, either, is turning his Nelson's eye to the scientific reports, or, is plain oblivious of Peter Bergen's cogent and coherent articulation of the demerits of EITs as image destroyers for the US. Cheney wrong on interrogation inquiry facts, Obama official says
- It is perfectly coherent from a pure domestic viewpoint. Georges Ugeux: It's the Dollar, Stupid
