unite
/ju:'nait/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To join together or combine separate elements into a single entity: "unite" describes the action of bringing different parts, groups, or things together to form a whole.
- To come together for a common purpose, action, or cause: "unite" also means to form an alliance or bond based on shared goals, beliefs, or circumstances.
- To become one; to merge or blend: "unite" can describe the process where separate entities lose their individual distinction and become a single unit.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The two companies decided to unite to compete more effectively.
- The community united to support the local food bank.
- The treaty united the three kingdoms under one ruler.
- Oil will not unite with water.
Advanced Usage
- "to unite in": to join together for a specific purpose or action.
- The nations united in their condemnation of the act.
- "to unite against": to form an alliance in opposition to something or someone.
- The rival factions united against the common threat.
- "to unite with": to join or combine with something else.
- The stream unites with the river just beyond the woods.
Variants and Related Words
- Unified (adj): made into or caused to work as a single unit.
- The team presented a unified front.
- Unification (n): the process of being united or made into a whole.
- The unification of the colonies took many years.
- Unitive (adj): serving to unite or tending to produce unity.
- The leader's speech had a unitive effect on the crowd.
Synonyms
- Combine: to bring or join together into a whole.
- Merge: to cause to combine or coalesce.
- Join: to put or bring together so as to form a unit.
- Integrate: to combine one thing with another to form a whole.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Unite behind: to give collective support to a person, idea, or cause.
- The party members united behind their new leader.
- Unite in marriage: (formal/archaic) to marry.
- They were united in marriage last spring.
Related Idioms
- United we stand, divided we fall: a proverb meaning that solidarity and cooperation lead to strength, while discord leads to failure.
- To unite forces: to combine efforts or resources.
- The two charities united forces to tackle the crisis.
Verb
- join or combine
- We merged our resources
- bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation
- the Democratic Patry platform united several splinter groups
- be or become joined or united or linked
- The two streets connect to become a highway
- Our paths joined
- The travelers linked up again at the airport
- have or possess in combination
- she unites charm with a good business sense
- become one
- Germany unified officially in 1990
- the cells merge
- act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief