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The Latin verb haerēre has shown remarkable stick-to-itiveness in influencing the English lexicon, which is fitting for a word that means "to be closely attached; to stick." Among its descendants are adhere (literally meaning "to stick"), adhere’s relative adhesive (a word for sticky substances), inhere (meaning "to belong by nature or habit"), and even hesitate (which implies remaining stuck in place before taking action). In Latin, haerēre teamed up with the prefix co- to form cohaerēre, which means "to stick together." Cohaerēre is the ancestor of cohesive, a word borrowed into English in the early 18th century to describe something that sticks together literally (such as dough or mud) or figuratively (such as a society or sports team).
Examples of cohesive in a Sentence
Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
Our vacation felt like one big, cohesive adventure.
—Carly Caramanna, Parents, 20 Nov. 2025
With the newest round, Peec’s founders, Daniel Drabo, Tobias Siwonia and Meiners, plan to open offices in New York, add more than 40 new members to their team and broaden the startup’s abilities to provide a more cohesive marketing analytics tool as AI changes.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 18 Nov. 2025
The rest of the time, players should be prepared for misfires such as this one; the production values are there, but the cohesive creative vision isn’t.
—Fran J. Ruiz, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
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“Cohesive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cohesive. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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cohesive
adjective
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