coherence

Definitions

1. coherence (internal consistency)
2. The quality of cohering, or being coherent; internal consistency.
   countable, uncountable
3. coherence (logical arrangement of parts)
4. The quality of forming a unified whole.
   countable, uncountable
5. A logical arrangement of parts, as in writing.
   countable, uncountable
6. The property of having the same wavelength and phase.
   countable, uncountable
7. A semantic relationship between different parts of the same text.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“His arguments lacked coherence.”

“Mrs. Grose listened with dumb emotion; she forbore to ask⟳ me what this meaning might be; so that, presently, to put⟳ the thing with some coherence and with the mere aid of her presence to my own⟳ mind⟳, I went on: “That he’s an injury to the others.””

“He would then put⟳ down his pencil and stare⟳ in front of him, and wonder⟳ in what respects the world was different—it had, perhaps, more solidity, more coherence, more importance, greater depth.”

“When I come⟳ to his connection with Blanche Stroeve I am exasperated by the fragmentariness of the facts at my disposal. To give⟳ my story coherence I should describe⟳ the progress⟳ of their tragic union, but I know⟳ nothing of the three months during which they lived together.”

“In a lesson on coherence in academic writing, students engaged in the following discussion on the online platform TodaysMeet.”

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