COHESION


Meaning of COHESION in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

internal

However, this type of internal cohesion is not a necessary feature of the structural unit we have described as the paratone.

They did as much if not more for the internal cohesion of antislavery as in impressing the outside world.

social

This change, it was argued, threatened social cohesion .

We need sustenance and a viable habitat, but we also need social cohesion and connection of all sorts.

It created a wartime atmosphere which could be used to manage the economy and to generate social cohesion .

Their rhetoric has emphasized national unity and social cohesion , as well as the development of skills for the economy.

This centre will examine the non-economic benefits of learning such as social cohesion , active citizenship and improved health.

The emphasis of action taken in favour of DRAs must be to achieve permanent changes in income earning potential and social cohesion .

Nor is a duty to promote a sense of national identity and social cohesion universally acknowledged.

When individual desires go beyond the moral order then people become dissatisfied with life and social cohesion begins to break down.

■ NOUN

fund

The establishment of the cohesion fund and eligibility to benefit from it were agreed by all the member states.

■ VERB

give

These enable skin to hold water and give cohesion to the dead surface skin cells, providing a flat, luminous effect.

What would give cohesion to a republic that many feared would splinter?

By this means it was possible to isolate the features which give the groups cohesion .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

The article comments on the lack of cohesion and commitment within the administration.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Information may be shared within the group but its cohesion depends on limiting the sharing of information outside the group.

It created a wartime atmosphere which could be used to manage the economy and to generate social cohesion .

Its cohesion stemmed entirely from the almost feudal loyalty the troops accorded the Emperor.

Once the dictionary was available, society gained in cohesion because anyone could refer to it as an outside source for comparison.

Policy choices reflected what governments perceived as the major threats to the cohesion and survival of the state.

Poor, lacking cohesion , she could not pursue a vigorous foreign policy.

Such is the inextricable link and the social cohesion brought about by a variety of classes under the same roof.

They did as much if not more for the internal cohesion of antislavery as in impressing the outside world.

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