unite

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US /juˈnaɪt/
verb noun Freq #7458

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    To join people together for a common purpose.

    The new government will try to unite the various factions.

  2. 2
    verb

    To come together as one.

    If we want to win, we will need to unite.

  3. 3
    verb

    To have or combine two qualities at the same time.

    They unite charm with a good business sense.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to join people together for... unify
2 verb · to come together as one. mergeintegrate
3 verb · to have or combine two... combine
More bewedjoinwed
Word family
Forms unitesunitingununited
Derived forms reuniteuniteduniter
Related forms unionunionizeunitunitizeunity

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Latin -iō Latin ūniō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin ūnītuslbor. Middle English uniten English unite From Middle English uniten, from Latin ūnītus, perfect passive participle of ūniō.

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