unify

[yoo-nuh-fahy]

verb (used with or without object)

unified, unifying 

1. to make or become a single unit; unite.

   to unify conflicting theories;

   to unify a country.

   Synonyms: coalesce, coalesce, fuse, fuse, merge, merge, combine, combine

unify

/ ˈjuːnɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. to make or become one; unite

Other Word Forms

• unifier noun
• nonunified adjective
• quasi-unified adjective
• reunify verb (used with object)
• ununified adjective
• unifiable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of unify¹

First recorded in 1495–1505; from Late Latin ūnificāre, equivalent to Latin ūni- uni- + -ficāre -fy

Word History and Origins

Origin of unify¹

C16: from Medieval Latin ūnificāre, from Latin ūnus one + facere to make

Example Sentences

With dense fog and transculent pink lights, the whole set started to fuse into a unifying dreamy moment.

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"If we don't have a unified approach to Peru as a destination we can't be competitive in the long term."

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Instead, most of them simply bob their heads up and down in unified appreciation of the music.

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Former two-time unified heavyweight champion Joshua meets YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul - in what is, on paper, a mammoth mismatch - at Miami's Kaseya Center on 19 December.

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Briton Joshua, a former two-time unified heavyweight champion, will face the YouTuber-turned-boxer at the Kaseya Center in Miami on 19 December.

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Related Words

• bring together www.thesaurus.com
• consolidate 
• merge