UNITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unite mean? 

• UNITE (verb)
  The verb UNITE has 6 senses:

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

2. become one

3. have or possess in combination

4. be or become joined or united or linked

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

6. join or combine

  Familiarity information: UNITE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNITE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they unite    ... he / she / it unites   
Past simple: united   
Past participle: united   
-ing form: uniting   

Sense 1

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 "unite" 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 "unite"):

confederate (form a confederation with; of nations)

club (unite with a common purpose)

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

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

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

band together; confederate (form a group or unite)

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

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

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

league (unite to form a league)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Antonym:

divide (separate into parts or portions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become one

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

merge; unify; unite

Context example:

the cells merge

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

integrate (become one; become integrated)

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

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

Derivation:

union; uniting (the act of making or becoming a single unit)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Have or possess in combination

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

combine; unite

Context example:

she unites charm with a good business sense

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

feature; have (have as a feature)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something with something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Be or become joined or united or linked

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

connect; join; link; link up; unite

Context example:

The travelers linked up again at the airport

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

syndicate (join together into a syndicate)

articulate (unite by forming a joint or joints)

complect; interconnect; interlink (be interwoven or interconnected)

Sentence frames:

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

Sense 5

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 "unite" is one way to...):

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

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

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

Sentence frames:

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

Sense 6

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 "unite" is one way to...):

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

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

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:

uniting (the combination of two or more commercial companies)

 Context examples 

Made or joined or united into one or involving the joint activity of two or more.

(Combined, NCI Thesaurus)

She did not know where there was such a family for being united.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Two veins running parallel to their corresponding internal mammary arteries that unite forming one vessel.

(Internal Thoracic Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

Mas'r Davy, I unnerstan' very well, though my aunt will come to Lon'on afore they sail, and they'll unite once more, that I am not like to see him agen.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It seemed as if every thing united to promise the most interesting consequences.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

His good and her bad feelings yielded to love, and such love must unite them.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

They had always looked upon them as a very united couple.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I was indifferent, therefore, to my school-fellows in general; but I united myself in the bonds of the closest friendship to one among them.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

To satisfy me, those characters must be united.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Elizabeth had frequently united with Jane in an endeavour to check the imprudence of Catherine and Lydia; but while they were supported by their mother's indulgence, what chance could there be of improvement?

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)