adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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What happens in this situation has been well documented: Each group becomes more cohesive , as members close ranks.
■ NOUN
device
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We shall return to the question of how awareness of cohesive devices may affect teaching practice in 11 and 13.
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In 2 we examined the role of cohesive devices in creating coherence, but we also looked at their limitations.
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Clearly, if we are to explain such interpretation we will need more than our list of cohesive devices .
group
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Satisfaction for elderly people comes from being part of a cohesive group who know the rules, the politics and the history.
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They are not a cohesive group , like financial services funds.
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It is unclear the extent to which the 12 need form a cohesive group .
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A very cohesive group will demonstrate strong loyalty to its individual members and strong adherence to its established norms.
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Highly cohesive groups display a strong loyalty to their members and a strong adherence to group norms.
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Too often the literature gives the impression of leading councillors and officers being a united, cohesive group .
unit
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Le Rue the band are one of the tightest and most cohesive units I've seen.
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This sharpens everyone up and welds the entry into a cohesive unit .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cook it a little longer until you feel the jelly has set; it should be thick and fairly cohesive .
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It is such a cohesive , well-oiled unit that the band rarely has to call for outside assistance.
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Like the Suns, the Cavaliers were shorthanded, but the visitors looked galvanized, cohesive .
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Members of informal groups in work organizations usually have vague group objectives, and are less cohesive and behave erratically.
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The two sentences are bound together by a cohesive tie.
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The ultimate foundation of a free society is the binding tie of cohesive sentiment.
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This attitude leads to a cohesive approach to current controversies that transcends what is supposedly liberal or conservative about these issues.