English pronunciation · Words Starting with C
Cohesion Pronunciation
Cohesion is pronounced koh-HEE-zhuhn, IPA /koʊˈhiʒən/.
koh-HEE-zhuhn
US /koʊˈhiʒən/ · UK /kəʊˈhiːʒən/
Syllables: koh · HEE · zhuhn (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: The state of sticking together, whether of a group of people or of the parts of a substance.
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Cohesion in a Sentence
- The squad lost all its cohesion after the transfer window.
- Water owes its surface tension to cohesion between molecules.
- There was little cohesion between the two halves of the report.
Common Mispronunciations of Cohesion
Not kuh-HEE-zhuhn
The opening co keeps a full oh rather than flattening. It is the Latin prefix meaning together, the same one in coexist and cooperate.
Not koh-HE-see-uhn
The si pair makes the zh of measure and vision, a single sound. Splitting it into see and uhn adds a beat.
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