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unify
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb unify has 5 senses
- unify(v = verb.change) merge, unite - become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells merge" is one way to integrate
- unify(v = verb.contact) amalgamate, commix, mingle, mix - to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance" is one way to alter, change, modify
- unify(v = verb.social) unite - bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation; "the Democratic Patry platform united several splinter groups" is one way to alter, change, modify
- unify(v = verb.social) unite - act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief; Array is one way to fall in, get together, join
- unify(v = verb.change) merge, unite - join or combine; "We merged our resources" is one way to alter, change, modify
Antonym: disunify
Derived forms noun unification3, noun unification1, noun unit6, noun unit4
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Derived form noun unit6
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derived form noun unification3
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
Derived form noun unification1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
unify, v. t. [Uni- + -fy: cf. F. unifier.].
To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as one. [1913 Webster]
"A comprehensive or unifying act of the judging faculty."
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"Perception is thus a unifying act."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
unify, v.tr. (also absol.) (-ies, -ied) reduce to unity or uniformity.
Idiom
unified field theory Physics a theory that seeks to explain all the field phenomena (e.g. gravitation and electromagnetism: see FIELD n. 9) formerly treated by separate theories.
Derivative
unifier n.
Etymology
F unifier or LL unificare (as UNI-, -FY)
THESAURUS
unify
accouple, accumulate, add, agglutinate, amalgamate, amass, arrange, articulate, assemble, assimilate, associate, band, bind, blend, bond, bracket, bridge, bridge over, bring together, cement, chain, clap together, coalesce, collect, combine, come together, compact, compound, comprise, concatenate, concentrate, confederate, conglobulate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, consolidate, copulate, couple, cover, embody, embrace, encompass, flux, fuse, gather, glue, identify, include, incorporate, integrate, interblend, interfuse, join, knot, lay together, league, link, lump together, make one, marry, marshal, mass, meld, melt into one, merge, mix, mobilize, orchestrate, order, organize, pair, piece together, put together, reduce to unity, reembody, roll into one, shade into, solder, solidify, span, splice, stick together, symphonize, syncretize, syndicate, synthesize, systematize, take in, tape, tie, unite, weld, yoke
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