to cohere into
- phrasal verb
- These contestations do not cohere into a totality.
Examples
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The various elements of her argument started to cohere into a strong conclusion by the end of her presentation.
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Or will it beat the odds and cohere into something that looks like democracy?
Blog text (19) -
But without any distinct identity, these pieces don't cohere into anything more lasting; instead, it feels like just another car game.
Blog text (1) -
Fragments of meaning based on world knowledge may well be assembled, but the changed status of world knowledge means that those fragments do not cohere into a comprehensive conceptualization of the reference world.
Academic text (1995) -
The changes in U.S. strategy helped accelerate the articulation of alternative political-ideological discourse and projects among sectors of the dominant groups that would gradually cohere into the New Right elite.
Academic text (2000) -
In the group discussion, all the ideas began to cohere into a clear plan for the project.
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After weeks of brainstorming, the team's thoughts finally cohered into a cohesive strategy.
Synonyms
To join people or things into one group for a shared purpose
Connect two things so they become attached
To mix two or more things into one
Join with others to work for the same goal
Keep parts or people joined and working as one
To bring people or things together into one group
To join several things into one whole
To come together or bring things together
Come together to form one group or whole
To join several groups or parts to make one
To stick together to form one unit, like parts of a machine or ideas in a plan
To fit together so the parts make sense as a whole
Make people or groups work closely together as one
To join two or more things into one
To gather different things into one group
Antonyms
How Coherent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to come together and form a unified whole' is directly and compositionally derived from 'cohere' (to join/connect elements) combined with 'into' (indicating change into a state). This verb + preposition pattern is regular in English and has clear parallels in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Cohere into comes from an old word that meant 'stick together'. Imagine small pieces with glue that cohere and join into one shape — that's why it means 'to come together and form a single whole'.