- 1(of ideas, thoughts, arguments, etc.) logical and well organized; easy to understand and clear a coherent narrative/account/explanation a coherent policy for the transport system
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- 2(of a person) able to talk and express yourself clearly She only became coherent again two hours after the attack. opposite incoherent
adverb to express yourself coherentlySee coherent in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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