UNITED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does united mean? 

• UNITED (adjective)
  The adjective UNITED has 2 senses:

1. characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity

2. of or relating to two people who are married to each other

  Familiarity information: UNITED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNITED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity

Context example:

presented a united front

Similar:

conjunct (bound in close association)

nonsegmental; unsegmented (having a body that is not divided into segments)

unpartitioned (not divided by partitions)

undivided (not parted by conflict of opinion)

tied (bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection)

suprasegmental (pertaining to a feature of speech that extends over more than a single speech sound)

one; unitary (having the indivisible character of a unit)

in league ((usually followed by 'with') united in effort as if in a league)

incorporate; incorporated; integrated; merged; unified (formed or united into a whole)

federate; federated (united under a central government)

conjugate; conjugated; coupled (joined together especially in a pair or pairs)

cohesive (cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated)

coalescent; coalescing (growing together, fusing)

amalgamate; amalgamated; coalesced; consolidated; fused (joined together into a whole)

allied; confederate; confederative (united in a confederacy or league)

agreed; in agreement (united by being of the same opinion)

Also:

joint (united or combined)

integrated (not segregated; designated as available to all races or groups)

collective (forming a whole or aggregate)

Antonym:

divided (separated into parts or pieces)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to two people who are married to each other

Synonyms:

joined; united

Similar:

married (joined in matrimony)

 Context examples 

Had Lydia and her mother known the substance of her conference with her father, their indignation would hardly have found expression in their united volubility.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

There was nothing in all this either to astonish or interest, and it caught Emma's attention only as it united with the subject which already engaged her mind.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I have united for their ease what they must divide for mine.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

To satisfy me, those characters must be united.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

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

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Our united strength could not carry a trunk which would serve our purpose.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

After various lesser mishaps, Meg was finished at last, and by the united exertions of the entire family Jo's hair was got up and her dress on.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Miss Shepherd and myself live but to be united.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Everything united in him; good understanding, correct opinions, knowledge of the world, and a warm heart.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Her ideas are not higher than her own fortune may warrant, but they are beyond what our incomes united could authorise.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)