COHESION


Meaning of COHESION in English

co ‧ he ‧ sion /kəʊˈhiːʒ ə n $ koʊ-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: cohaesus , past participle of cohaerere ; ⇨ ↑ cohere ]

1 . if there is cohesion among a group of people, a set of ideas etc, all the parts or members of it are connected or related in a reasonable way to form a whole:

a sense of community and social cohesion

2 . technical a close relationship, based on grammar or meaning, between two parts of a sentence or a larger piece of writing

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.