coeso

Coeso is an adjective in Portuguese meaning cohesive or unified, used to describe things that function as a single, integrated whole. It can refer to a text, an argument, a plan, a team, or any system whose parts are closely connected and mutually supportive. The masculine singular form is coeso, the feminine singular coesa, the masculine plural coesos, and the feminine plural coesas.

In linguistics, coesão (cohesion) is the term for the set of linguistic devices that link sentences and clauses together, such as reference, substitution, ellipsis, and conjunctions. A text described as coeso typically exhibits strong cohesion, with clear ties between its parts, and is often also described as coherent. The distinction is that cohesion concerns the explicit textual ties, while coherence refers to the overall sense made by readers or listeners.

The word is built from the prefix co- meaning together and a Romance-language suffix used to form adjectives, with etymology related to the noun coesão (cohesion). Its usage is common in discussions of writing quality, group dynamics, and system design, where unity and integrated functioning are valued.