coherent
adjective/kəʊˈhɪərənt/
/kəʊˈhɪrənt/
- (of ideas, thoughts, arguments, etc.) logical and well organized; easy to understand and clear
- a coherent narrative/account/explanation
- a coherent policy for the transport system
Extra ExamplesTopics Languagec1- a logically coherent theory
- She was struggling to organize her ideas into a coherent whole.
- The party's policies were based on prejudice rather than on any coherent ideology.
- They have yet to come up with a coherent policy on this issue.
- She gave a clear, coherent account to the court.
- a perfectly coherent remark
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- remarkably
- very
- perfectly
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- (of a person) able to talk and express yourself clearly
- She only became coherent again two hours after the attack.
- You're not being very coherent.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- remarkably
- very
- perfectly
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘logically related to’): from Latin cohaerent- ‘sticking together’, from the verb cohaerere, from co- ‘together’ + haerere ‘to stick’.
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