UNIFICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unification mean? 

• UNIFICATION (noun)
  The noun UNIFICATION has 3 senses:

1. an occurrence that involves the production of a union

2. the state of being joined or united or linked

3. the act of making or becoming a single unit

  Familiarity information: UNIFICATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNIFICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An occurrence that involves the production of a union

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

fusion; merger; unification

Hypernyms ("unification" is a kind of...):

union (the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts)

Derivation:

unify (join or combine)

unify (become one)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The state of being joined or united or linked

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

unification; union

Context example:

there is strength in union

Hypernyms ("unification" is a kind of...):

state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unification"):

coalition; fusion (the state of being combined into one body)

connectedness; connection; link (the state of being connected)

colligation; conjugation; conjunction; junction (the state of being joined together)

association (the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination)

marriage (a close and intimate union)

syncretism (the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy))

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of making or becoming a single unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

conjugation; jointure; unification; union; uniting

Context example:

he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays

Hypernyms ("unification" is a kind of...):

combination; combining; compounding (the act of combining things to form a new whole)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unification"):

coalescence; coalescency; coalition; concretion; conglutination (the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts)

reunification; reunion (the act of coming together again)

tribalisation; tribalization (the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis)

umbrella (having the function of uniting a group of similar things)

Derivation:

unify (become one)

unify (act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief)