coherent
adjective
co·her·ent
kō-ˈhir-ənt 
-ˈher-
1
a
: logically or aesthetically ordered or integrated : consistent
coherent style
a coherent argument
b
: having clarity or intelligibility : understandable
a coherent person
a coherent passage
2
: having the quality of holding together or cohering
3
a
: relating to or composed of waves having a constant difference in phase
coherent light
b
: producing coherent light
a coherent source
coherently
adverb
Synonyms
Examples of coherent in a Sentence
… the diaries and the novels demonstrate how a novelist tweaks and grooms reality into something more structured and coherent than life as it is lived.
—
Penelope Lively, Atlantic, February 2001
He is without a political agenda as he is without a coherent moral sensibility.
—Joyce Carol Oates, Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 1990
At times, without my insisting on it, my writings become coherent; the successive elements that occur to me are clearly related.
—William Stafford, Writing the Australian Crawl, 1978
This time the song was old, a pattern of rhythmic monosyllables which had lost coherent meaning somewhere in time.
—Tony Hillerman, The Blessing Way, 1970
He proposed the most coherent plan to improve the schools.
They are able to function as a coherent group.
Penelope Lively, Atlantic, February 2001
He is without a political agenda as he is without a coherent moral sensibility.
—Joyce Carol Oates, Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 1990
At times, without my insisting on it, my writings become coherent; the successive elements that occur to me are clearly related.
—William Stafford, Writing the Australian Crawl, 1978
This time the song was old, a pattern of rhythmic monosyllables which had lost coherent meaning somewhere in time.
—Tony Hillerman, The Blessing Way, 1970
He proposed the most coherent plan to improve the schools.
They are able to function as a coherent group.
Recent Examples on the Web
What Wyler is frowning about, past this threat to her own ambition — that’s less coherent.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Whether this can be used for treatment is unclear or outside my expertise to say anything resembling coherent.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2024
LLMs that can process large amounts of tokens at once—called a context window—are prized because they are believed to produce more coherent and relevant responses.
—Clint Boulton, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Trump’s speech was a show of power — a message that the MAGA movement is strong and united, if not entirely coherent, in a vision of America that does not welcome diversity or equality in any sphere.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Whether this can be used for treatment is unclear or outside my expertise to say anything resembling coherent.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2024
LLMs that can process large amounts of tokens at once—called a context window—are prized because they are believed to produce more coherent and relevant responses.
—Clint Boulton, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Trump’s speech was a show of power — a message that the MAGA movement is strong and united, if not entirely coherent, in a vision of America that does not welcome diversity or equality in any sphere.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Coherent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coherent. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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