UNIFY (unified)

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Irregular inflected form: unified   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does unify mean? 

• UNIFY (verb)
  The verb UNIFY has 5 senses:

1. become one

2. to bring or combine together or with something else

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

4. act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief

5. join or combine

  Familiarity information: UNIFY used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNIFY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they unify    ... he / she / it unifies   
Past simple: unified   
Past participle: unified   
-ing form: unifying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become one

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

merge; unify; unite

Context example:

the cells merge

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

integrate (become one; become integrated)

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

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

Antonym:

disunify (break up or separate)

Derivation:

unification (the act of making or becoming a single unit)

unification (an occurrence that involves the production of a union)

unit (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity)

unit (a single undivided whole)

Sense 2

Meaning:

To bring or combine together or with something else

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

amalgamate; commix; mingle; mix; unify

Context example:

resourcefully he mingled music and dance

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

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

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

blend; immingle; intermingle; intermix (combine into one)

combine; compound (combine so as to form a whole; mix)

concoct (make a concoction (of) by mixing)

aggregate; combine (gather in a mass, sum, or whole)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

unit (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

unify; unite

Context example:

the Democratic Patry platform united several splinter groups

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

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

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

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

Sentence frames:

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

Sense 4

Meaning:

Act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

unify; unite

Hypernyms (to "unify" 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 "unify"):

league (unite to form a league)

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

confederate (form a confederation with; of nations)

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

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

band together; confederate (form a group or unite)

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

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

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

club (unite with a common purpose)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

unification (the act of making or becoming a single unit)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Join or combine

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

merge; unify; unite

Context example:

We merged our resources

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

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

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

weld (unite closely or intimately)

consubstantiate (unite in one common substance)

consolidate (bring together into a single whole or system)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

unification (an occurrence that involves the production of a union)

 Context examples 

A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles apple.

(Apple Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)

A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles anise.

(Anise Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)

A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles almond.

(Almond Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)

A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles apricot.

(Apricot Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)

Test names of questionnaire questions associated with the unified parkinson's disease rating scale (UPDRS) for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire UPDRS Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale test code.

(CDISC Questionnaire UPDRS Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles caramel.

(Caramel Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)

A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles berry.

(Berry Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)

"Currently we have no grand unifying theory for how Earth evolved thermally," Stegman said.

(Earth's mantle, not its core, may have generated planet's early magnetic field, National Science Foundation)

A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles banana.

(Banana Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)