noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
great
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The variety of Smith's endeavours was informed by a vision of great coherence and simplicity.
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The report urges greater coherence in research planning and co-ordination between the various funders.
■ VERB
give
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Having disposed of one great story which gave coherence to human life, Western culture substituted another called scientific progress.
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The other members began to find that he gave the faculty coherence and a sense of purpose.
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It's more useful to think of it as a way of giving coherence and focus to the work of small groups.
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A doctrine of creation could give coherence to scientific endeavor in so far as it implied a dependable order behind the flux of nature.
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Check that your structure will give shape and coherence to your essay.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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By 1924, the party had lost all discipline and coherence .
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It is a challenge to tell these separate stories without losing overall coherence .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All magazines and newspapers are a kind of conjuring trick - they put a gloss of coherence upon chaos.
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Furthermore, Oakeshott's notion of tradition does contain within it - in the idea of coherence - criteria of self-reflection.
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I suggest, following Lakatos, that the crucial difference lies in the relative coherence of the two theories.
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This book presents a lens through which to view the emergent corrective efforts so that their coherence might become more clear.
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To what extent, therefore, should be continue to seek coherence of theme or form within the exhibition mode of exposition?
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What kind of stability and coherence do we have?