Definition

1. 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

1. join or combine
   • We merged our resources
2. bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation
   • the Democratic Patry platform united several splinter groups
3. 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
4. have or possess in combination
   • she unites charm with a good business sense
5. become one
   • Germany unified officially in 1990
   • the cells merge
6. act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief