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Definition of coherence noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

coherence

noun
 
/kəʊˈhɪərəns/
 
/kəʊˈhɪrəns/
[uncountable, singular] (formal)
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  1. the situation in which all the parts of something fit together well
    • The points you make are fine, but the whole essay lacks coherence.
    • He managed to impose a new coherence on the machinery of the state.
    opposite incoherence
    Extra Examples
    • They have struggled to create coherence within the group.
    • Your essay lacks internal coherence.
    • a lack of coherence between the policy and the speech
    • theories which lack ideological coherence
    • She was a writer who tried to create order and coherence.
    • The party tried to find some kind of ideological coherence.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • internal
    • narrative
    • structural
    … of coherence
    • degree
    verb + coherence
    • have
    • achieve
    • create
    preposition
    • coherence between
    • coherence in
    • coherence within
    phrases
    • a sense of coherence
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