co ‧ he ‧ sive /kəʊˈhiːsɪv $ koʊ-/ BrE AmE adjective
1 . connected or related in a reasonable way to form a whole:
a cohesive community
2 . uniting people or things:
Historically, sport has been a cohesive force in international relations.
—cohesively adverb
—cohesiveness noun [uncountable]