cohesive

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 19, 2020 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>cohesive</strong> &#149; \koh-HEE-siv\&nbsp; &#149; <em>adjective</em><br /> <p><strong>:</strong> exhibiting or producing <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cohesion">cohesion</a> <strong>:</strong> causing parts or members to unify or stick together</p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"His hair was slicked artfully back from his brow in one <em>cohesive</em> wave." — <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=94WJ8JXbNGQC&amp;pg=PA30#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false">Kate Christensen, <em>In the Drink</em>, 1999</a></p> <p>"Our closely-knit sales team had been doing great since we started working from home back in March and so far had been able to maintain performance goals. Part of what made the team <em>cohesive</em> before the pandemic was that we regularly engaged in fun social activities … where we could informally talk business." — <a href="https://www.gainesville.com/story/business/columns/2020/08/24/human-resources-expert-suggests-ways-maintain-cohesion-while-working-home/3403798001/">Eva Del Rio, <em>The Gainesville (Florida) Sun</em>, 24 Aug. 2020</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Cohesive</em> describes something that sticks together literally or figuratively. To get into the stickiness of the matter, look at the word's etymology: <em>cohesive</em> ultimately derives from Latin <em>haerere</em>, meaning "to stick." Other descendants of <em>haerere</em> in English include <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adhere">adhere</a></em> (literally meaning "to stick"), its relative <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adhesive">adhesive</a></em> (a word for a substance for sticking things together), <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inhere">inhere</a></em> (meaning "to