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Definition of coherent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

coherent

adjective
 
/kəʊˈhɪərənt/
 
/kəʊˈhɪrənt/
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  1. (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 Examples
    • 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
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • become
    adverb
    • remarkably
    • very
    • perfectly
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  2. (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.
    opposite incoherentTopics Languagec1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • become
    adverb
    • remarkably
    • very
    • perfectly
    See full entry
  3. 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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