unite

See also: unité

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ūnītus, perfect passive participle of ūniō.

Pronunciation

• enPR: yo͞o-nītʹ, yo͝o-, IPA^(key): /juˈnaɪt/, /jʊˈnaɪt/, [ju̟ˈnaɪ̯ʔ], [ju̟ˈnaɪ̯(ʔ)t̚], [jʊˈnaɪ̯ʔ], [jʊˈnaɪ̯(ʔ)t̚], [jəˈnaɪ̯ʔ], [jəˈnaɪ̯(ʔ)t̚]

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• Rhymes: -aɪt
• Hyphenation: u‧nite

Verb

unite (third-person singular simple present unites, present participle uniting, simple past and past participle united)

1. (transitive) To bring together as one.

   The new government will try to unite the various factions.

   I hope this song can unite people from all different cultures.

2. (reciprocal) To come together as one.

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

Synonyms

• bewed, join

Derived terms

• reunite
• united
• uniter

Related terms

• union
• unit
• unity

Translations

(transitive) to bring together as one

• Arabic: اِتَّحَدَ (ittaḥada), أَلَّفَ (ar) (ʔallafa)
• Armenian: միավորել (hy) (miavorel), միանալ (hy) (mianal), միացնել (hy) (miacʻnel)
• Aromanian: unescu, mpriunedz
• Azerbaijani: birləşdirmək (az)
• Belarusian: ядна́ць impf (jadnácʹ), аб'ядна́ць pf (abʺjadnácʹ)
• Bulgarian: обединя́вам (bg) impf (obedinjávam), обедини́ (bg) pf (obediní)
• Catalan: unir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 結合／结合 (zh) (jiéhé), 结合 (zh) (jiéhé)

• Czech: sjednotit pf, spojit (cs) pf
• Dutch: verenigen (nl)
• Esperanto: unuigi
• Finnish: yhtyä (fi), yhdistyä (fi), liittyä yhteen (come together); yhdistää (fi), liittää yhteen (bring together)
• French: unir (fr)
• Friulian: unî
• German: vereinen (de)
• Greek: ενώνω (el) (enóno)
• Ido: unionar (io)
• Italian: unire (it)
• Japanese: 結合する (ja) (けつごうする, ketsugō suru)
• Korean: 결합하다 (ko) (gyeolhaphada)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ,

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• Latgalian: vīnumeiguot, saškiert, salaist
• Latin: nectō, cōpulō
• Latvian: vienot, apvienot, savienot
• Macedonian: обединува impf (obedinuva), обедини pf (obedini), соединува impf (soedinuva), соедини pf (soedini)
• Ngazidja Comorian: utsanganya
• Old English: ġeānian, , fēġan, gadrian, ġesamnian, ġelōgian, ġemengan
• Polish: jednoczyć (pl) impf
• Portuguese: unir (pt)
• Quechua: ch'antay
• Romanian: uni (ro)
• Russian: объединя́ть (ru) impf (obʺjedinjátʹ), объедини́ть (ru) pf (obʺjedinítʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: уједи́нити pf

  Roman: ujedíniti (sh) pf

• Slovak: zjednotiť pf, spojiť pf
• Spanish: unir (es), aunar (es), juntar (es), combinar (es)
• Swedish: förena (sv)
• Turkish: birleştirmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: об'є́днувати impf (obʺjédnuvaty), об'єдна́ти pf (obʺjednáty)
• Vietnamese: đoàn kết (vi), kết hợp (vi)
• Volapük: balön (vo)
• Yiddish: פֿאַרבינדן (farbindn), פֿאַראייניקן (fareynikn)

(reciprocal) to come together as one

• Azerbaijani: birləşmək (az)
• Hebrew: התאחד
• Russian: объединя́ться (ru) impf (obʺjedinjátʹsja), объедини́ться (ru) pf (obʺjedinítʹsja)
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• Swedish: förenas (sv)

Noun

unite (plural unites)

1. (UK, historical) 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.
   • 1968, Seaby's coin and medal bulletin (issues 593-604, page 198)

     Occasionally Scots and Irish coins are also found. The gold hoards consist entirely of crown gold unites, half unites and quarter unites from the reigns of James I and Charles I.

Anagrams

• untie

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Interlingua

Adjective

unite (not comparable)

1. united

Participle

unite

1. past participle of unir

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Italian

Verb

unite

1. second-person plural present indicative of unire
2. second-person plural imperative of unire
3. plural of unito

Anagrams

• tenui

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) ūnīte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ūniō