unite
verb/juˈnaɪt/
/juˈnaɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they unite | /juˈnaɪt/ /juˈnaɪt/ |
| he / she / it unites | /juˈnaɪts/ /juˈnaɪts/ |
| past simple united | /juˈnaɪtɪd/ /juˈnaɪtɪd/ |
| past participle united | /juˈnaɪtɪd/ /juˈnaɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form uniting | /juˈnaɪtɪŋ/ /juˈnaɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to join together with other people in order to do something as a group
- Nationalist parties united to oppose the government's plans.
- unite in something Local resident groups have united in opposition to the plan.
- unite in doing something We will unite in fighting crime.
- unite behind/against somebody/something Will they unite behind the new leader?
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- [transitive, intransitive] to make people or things join together to form a unit; to join together
- unite (somebody/something) A special bond unites our two countries.
- His aim was to unite Italy.
- The two countries united in 1887.
- unite (somebody/something) (with somebody/something) She unites keen business skills with a charming personality.
- uniting the North with the South
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin unit- ‘joined together’, from the verb unire, from unus ‘one’.
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