coherent

coherent
01. The leader outlined a [coherent] plan for reducing the budget without cutting services.
02. She spoke calmly and [coherently] of her experiences with cancer to a group of schoolchildren.
03. The more he drank, the more [incoherent] his speech became.
04. The government's policy seems [incoherent] and unorganized.
05. The victim was crying and mumbling [incoherently] when the police found her.
06. The drunk man was speaking [incoherently].
07. The [coherence] of his argument helped him to win the debate.
08. We need to sit down and develop a clear, [coherent] plan for dealing with our current financial difficulties.
09. She had received a nasty blow to the head, but was still able to speak [coherently] about what had happened.
10. Her presentation to our committee outlined a [coherent] process for improving relations between labor and management in the company.
11. James is a very [coherent] and convincing speaker.
12. Fred Hoyle once said, "There is a [coherent] plan in the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for."
13. The theories of Albert Einstein launched an intellectual search for a single [coherent] law that governs the universe.
14. Benjamin Rush once stated that dreams are nothing but [incoherent] ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.
15. I have yet to hear a rational, [coherent] argument against the plan.
16. An overall theme will help to give your essay [coherence].

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  • Coherent — Basisdaten Entwickler Mark Williams Company Version 4.2.10 (1995) Abstammung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • cohérent — cohérent, ente [ kɔerɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1524; lat. cohærens, p. prés. de cohærere « adhérer ensemble » 1 ♦ Didact. Qui présente de la cohérence, de l homogénéité. ⇒ homogène. 2 ♦ Qui se compose de parties compatibles, liées et harmonisées entre… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Coherent — Co*her ent, a. [L. cohaerens, p. pr. See {Cohere}.] 1. Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent; as, a coherent plan …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cohérent — cohérent, ente (ko é ran, ran t ) adj. 1°   Qui tient réciproquement ensemble. Les grains du grès sont très cohérents. Les molécules du fer sont bien plus cohérentes que celles du plomb.    En botanique, étamines cohérentes, étamines qui tiennent …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • cohérent — COHÉRENT, ENTE, adj. se dit Des parties d un tout qui sont liées entre elles, et du tout lui même relativement à la liaison de ses parties. Ce raisonnement est cohérent dans toutes ses parties …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • coherent — COHERÉNT, Ă adj. v. coerent. Trimis de IoanSoleriu, 28.06.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  COHERÉNT, Ă adj. v. coerent. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN …   Dicționar Român

  • coherent — 1550s, from M.Fr. cohérent (16c.), from L. cohaerentem (nom. cohaerens), prp. of cohaerere cohere, from com together (see CO (Cf. co )) + haerere to stick (see HESITATION (Cf. hesitation)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • coherent — coherent, cohesive Both words come from a Latin root related to our word cohere, but their meanings are different. Coherent means ‘logical and consistent’ and is applied to speakers and their arguments. See also cogent. Cohesive means ‘tending to …   Modern English usage

  • coherent — I (clear) adjective adapted to the understanding, apparent, apprehensible, articulate, audible, clear cut, cogent, cognizable, cohaerens, comprehensible, concise, congruens, decipherable, defined, definite, direct, discernible, distinct, easily… …   Law dictionary

  • coherent — [adj] understandable articulate, comprehensible, consistent, identified, intelligible, logical, lucid, meaningful, orderly, organized, rational, reasoned, sound, systematic; concept 402 Ant. disorganized, incomprehensible, irrational, not… …   New thesaurus

  • coherent — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of an argument or theory) logical and consistent. 2) able to speak clearly and logically. 3) holding together to form a whole. DERIVATIVES coherence noun coherently adverb …   English terms dictionary

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