Library / English Dictionary

UNITE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Join or combine

Example:

We merged our resources

Synonyms:

merge; unify; unite

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "unite" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unite"):

consolidate (bring together into a single whole or system)

weld (unite closely or intimately)

consubstantiate (unite in one common substance)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

uniting (the combination of two or more commercial companies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become one

Example:

the cells merge

Synonyms:

merge; unify; unite

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "unite" is one way to...):

integrate (become one; become integrated)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unite"):

consolidate (unite into one)

consubstantiate (become united in substance)

syncretise; syncretize (unite (beliefs or conflicting principles))

converge (come together so as to form a single product)

federalise; federalize; federate (enter into a league for a common purpose)

coalesce (fuse or cause to grow together)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

union; uniting (the act of making or becoming a single unit)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief

Synonyms:

unify; unite

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "unite" is one way to...):

fall in; get together; join (become part of; become a member of a group or organization)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unite"):

club (unite with a common purpose)

couple; pair; pair off; partner off (form a pair or pairs)

conjoin; espouse; get hitched with; get married; hook up with; marry; wed (take in marriage)

reunify; reunite (unify again, as of a country)

band together; confederate (form a group or unite)

associate; consociate (bring or come into association or action)

ally with (unite formally; of interest groups or countries)

confederate (form a confederation with; of nations)

federalise; federalize; federate (unite on a federal basis or band together as a league)

league (unite to form a league)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Antonym:

divide (separate into parts or portions)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation

Example:

the Democratic Patry platform united several splinter groups

Synonyms:

unify; unite

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "unite" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unite"):

bond; draw together (bring together in a common cause or emotion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 5

Meaning:

Be or become joined or united or linked

Example:

The travelers linked up again at the airport

Synonyms:

connect; join; link; link up; unite

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unite"):

syndicate (join together into a syndicate)

articulate (unite by forming a joint or joints)

complect; interconnect; interlink (be interwoven or interconnected)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 6

Meaning:

Have or possess in combination

Example:

she unites charm with a good business sense

Synonyms:

combine; unite

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "unite" is one way to...):

feature; have (have as a feature)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something with something

Credits

 Context examples: 

I have united for their ease what they must divide for mine.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

After various lesser mishaps, Meg was finished at last, and by the united exertions of the entire family Jo's hair was got up and her dress on.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Instead of pushing his fortune in the line marked out for the heir of the house of Elliot, he had purchased independence by uniting himself to a rich woman of inferior birth.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Our united strength could not carry a trunk which would serve our purpose.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When they came to a quiet corner, they united and held a council of war.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Hence, no doubt the bond that united him to Mr. Richard Enfield, his distant kinsman, the well-known man about town.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

He in turn had friends among the indoor servants who unite in their fear and dislike of their master.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The man of God and the man of the sword might without scandal be united in the same individual.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A technique that unites the egg and sperm in a laboratory instead of inside the female body.

(In vitro fertilization, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It was an old rickety door and gave at once before our united strength.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)