co‧he‧sive /kəʊˈhiːsɪv $ koʊ-/
adjective1. connected or related in a reasonable way to form a whole:
a cohesive community2. uniting people or things:
Historically, sport has been a cohesive force in international relations.—cohesively adverb—cohesiveness noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲