cohesive whole

collocation in English

meaningsofcohesiveandwhole

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cohesive
adjective
uk
/kəʊˈhiː.sɪv/us
/koʊˈhiː.sɪv/
united and working ...
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whole
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/həʊl/us
/hoʊl/
a ...
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(Definition ofcohesiveandwholefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcohesive whole

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Nocohesivewholeis presented.
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For example, a group of responses may function as acohesivewholein operant selection.
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It is their work that has made the diaries into acohesivewhole.
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A building that works as acohesivewhole, and which can be adapted to different uses, makes lasting environmental savings.
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It must be seen as part of acohesivewhole.
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This means that rather than being acohesivewhole, the result is a collection of theoretically embedded accounts framed under an overarching topic.
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The author of this article maintains that bilingual learning can only be thought of as an indivisiblecohesivewholewhich includes elements of both.
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There also appeared, in these 'scenarios', propositions for concrete scenes that helped in uniting that which we already had into acohesivewhole.
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The key objective must be to maintain the central coalfields as acohesivewhole.
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We seek to substitute a proposal which would draw the industry more into one coherent, singlecohesivewhole.
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Early narratives produced by young children are essentially of a bottom-up, stimulus driven nature which do not necessarily contain any intra-linguistic linking of the individual sentences into acohesivewhole.
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The series' editors suggest that, through a better understanding of second language research methodologies, researchers may move beyond methodological issues and begin to work together as acohesivewhole.
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Yet it nonetheless feels as though the image is acohesivewhole.
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Their music simply subsumes its component elements into acohesivewholewith the greatest of ease.
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It would be wrong to establish parallel structures which would move increasingly far apart and prevent the community from remaining acohesivewholein the long term.
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However, it would appear that the new financial regime is acohesivewholeand if one element is deferred there will be serious consequences when the remainder is implemented.
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It weaves together seemingly disparate topics into acohesivewhole, including quantum mechanics, complexity, free will, time travel, the anthropic principle and many others.
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Some sovereign courts of accounts were raised from grand feudal estates also existing in certain provinces, and did not therefore form acohesivewhole.
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Weak central coherence, that is, the inability to assemble information into acohesivewhole, reflects the same problems with creating a unified sense of self.
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Such schemata are image-like in that they are analogic neural activation patterns which preserve the topological contours of perceptual experience as acohesivewhole.
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Classes combine extensive exercises, structured improvisations (also known as tudes), and textual analysis to help students form acohesivewholeout of their training.
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The viewer is to see the property as acohesivewholebut at the same time is unable to see all the components of the garden.
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The content of the entries were partially controlled by a discussion forum and together formed acohesivewhole, a sort of mini-movie anyone could view for free.
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Its effect is one of a unifiedcohesivewhole, a seamless fusion of style with structure, and the successful convergence of the long progression of preceding letter styles.
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