All 3 Uses of
coherent
in
The Bluest Eye
- They had extemporized a verse made up of two insults about matters over which the victim had no control; the color of her skin and speculations on the sleeping habits of an adult, wildly fitting in its incoherence.†
Chpt 3incoherence = inability to think clearly; or an instance of not thinking clearly; or describing parts as not fitting together in a consistent or pleasing mannerstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incoherence means not and reverses the meaning of coherence. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- It was time to put all of the pieces together, make coherence where before there had been none.
Chpt 4 *coherence = clear sense (fitting the parts together in a logical manner)
- The pieces of Cholly's life could become coherent only in the head of a musician.†
Chpt 4coherent = sensible and clear; or describing parts as fitting together in a consistent or pleasing manner
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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(2)
(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.