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cohesure

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: kōhēʹzyo͝oər
  • Received-Pronunciation: kōhēʹzhər
  • Received-Pronunciation: /kəʊˈhiːzjʊə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /kəʊˈhiːʒə/

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noun

Meaning 1

cohesion

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare, uncountable

Examples

  • 2002, April 7th: RoseKira, alt.tv.xena (Google group): The Gods -- A Question of Powers, 4:08am Or, as Ares said, the only thing the gods had to fear was dissent amongst their ranks... they needed cohesure, or it fell apart.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From cohaesūr-, the future active participial stem of cohaereō (“to cleave together, to cohere”).