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Unite has 8 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, first produced during the reign of King James I, and bearing a legend indicating the king's intention of uniting the kingdoms of England and Scotland.

"The monarch decided to mint unite coins to symbolize his political goal of merging England and Scotland."

In plain English: A unite is not actually a noun; it is only ever used as a verb meaning to join things together into one group or team.

"The concept of unity united us against our common enemy."

Verb
1

act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief

"The diverse groups came together to unite against the new policy."

2

become one

"Germany unified officially in 1990"

"the cells merge"

3

have or possess in combination

"she unites charm with a good business sense"

4

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"

5

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

"the Democratic Patry platform united several splinter groups"

6

join or combine

"We merged our resources"

7

To bring together as one.

"The two neighboring villages united to build a single community center."

Usage: Use "unite" to describe bringing separate people or groups together into a single entity with shared purpose. It is often confused with "join," but while joining implies adding items side by side, unifying suggests merging them so they function as one cohesive whole.

Example Sentences
"The concept of unity united us against our common enemy." noun
"The final unite was placed in the center of the cake to seal it." noun
"After tasting the dessert, she realized the sweet unite had melted perfectly into the frosting." noun
"He carefully scraped off any excess unite from the rim before serving the pie." noun
Related Terms
Antonyms
split break apart
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
join integrate have change
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
league federate confederate ally with consociate band together reunify marry pair club consolidate consubstantiate syncretize converge coalesce syndicate articulate complect bond weld

Origin

The word unite comes from the Old French unitier, which was borrowed directly from the Latin ūnitus. Originally meaning "made one" or "joined together," it entered English to describe the act of bringing separate things into a single whole.

Rhyming Words
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