cohesive unit

collocation in English

meaningsofcohesiveandunit

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cohesive
adjective
uk
/kəʊˈhiː.sɪv/us
/koʊˈhiː.sɪv/
united and working ...
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unit
noun
uk
/ˈjuː.nɪt/us
/ˈjuː.nɪt/
a single thing or a separate part of ...
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(Definition ofcohesiveandunitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They are acohesiveunit.
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Since the two constituents are concurrently activated in particle-stem structures, they form a fairlycohesiveunit.
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We must accept that families are the mostcohesiveunitin society.
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He must draw troops from two different commandos, 40 and 45, into a singlecohesiveunit.
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Nevertheless, the team he assembled was acohesiveunit.
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There are messages for us all in the enduring strength of nationalism as a political and sociallycohesiveunit.
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Each district would be acohesiveunitwhich would reflect the interests of urban, suburban and country districts.
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This technique helps to bind the sonata's sprawling structure into a singlecohesiveunit.
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The most architecturally significant structures in the district are part of an integrated,cohesiveunit.
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However, the band had trouble working together as acohesiveunit.
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Finally, he wanted to knit together the entire empire into a singlecohesiveunit.
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And finally, he wanted to knit together the entire empire into a singlecohesiveunit.
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He's the only member of the squad who can pull the others into acohesiveunit.
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Clearly, by this time, the band had become a more confident andcohesiveunit.
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Many troupes are created out of the desire to forge acohesiveunitin order to book shows and performances.
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It should not be assumed that these men all operated as acohesiveunitthroughout their careers.
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Since then, there has been a series of extensions which are now fused to form acohesiveunit.
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A soldered seam joins two pieces of copper into acohesiveunitthat expands and contracts as one piece.
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During this period we have suggested —and the 13 various undertakings agree with us—that immediate steps should be taken to unify the industry and make it into onecohesiveunit.
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The district is acohesiveunitmade up of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings with structures the generally date from 1910-1940.
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Packs forage as acohesiveunit, concentrated within 1520 m, so all escorts are exposed to begging by the whole litter.
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Coming up with this list was an attempt to form acohesiveunitof artists who were in search of a modern style.
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They worked together as acohesiveunitfor much of the stage, gaining a maximum six-minute advantage over the peloton.
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To him, the hard problem of experience is included amongnot separate fromthe easy problems, and therefore they can only be explained together as acohesiveunit.
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