All 6 Uses of
coherent
in
The Fountainhead
- She had long since lost all coherent ideas about the house; she merely hated Roark.†
Chpt 1.13coherent = sensible and clear; or describing parts as fitting together in a consistent or pleasing manner
- He aroused a half-admiring, half-derisive awe by the incoherent variety of his sudden ventures.†
Chpt 1.14incoherent = not sensible or clear; or describing parts as not fitting together in a consistent or pleasing mannerstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incoherent means not and reverses the meaning of coherent. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- Then he was beside her, whispering incoherently: "Dominique...Dominique, I love you...Don't laugh at me, please don't laugh!†
Chpt 1.14 *incoherently = not in a sensible and clear manner; or not in a manner where parts fit together consistently or pleasinglystandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incoherently means not and reverses the meaning of coherently. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- She heard his voice whispering the pleading, incoherent things she had heard from many men.†
Chpt 2.2incoherent = not sensible or clear; or describing parts as not fitting together in a consistent or pleasing mannerstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incoherent means not and reverses the meaning of coherent. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- She stopped, looking about her with her first coherent thought of astonishment.†
Chpt 2.2coherent = sensible and clear; or describing parts as fitting together in a consistent or pleasing manner
- None of the talk was too coherent, but all of it seemed to have the same undercurrent.†
Chpt 2.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(coherent) sensible and clear; or describing parts as fitting together in a consistent or pleasing manner
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
A comprehensive dictionary will have more specialized definitions of coherent such as one used in physics.