unify

[ yoo-nuh-fahy ]

verb (used with or without object)

, u·ni·fied, u·ni·fy·ing.

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

   to unify conflicting theories;

   to unify a country.

   Synonyms: coalesce, fuse, merge, combine

unify

/ ˈjuːnɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. to make or become one; unite

Derived Forms

• ˈuniˌfier, noun
• ˈuniˌfiable, adjective

Other Words From

• u·ni·fi·er noun
• non·u·ni·fied adjective
• qua·si-u·ni·fied adjective
• re·u·ni·fy verb (used with object) reunified reunifying
• un·u·ni·fied 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

That’s why the response to the coup from Myanmar’s thriving arts community has been unified, Khine says.

From Time

In creating a transformed US paid search account aligned to Schneider Electric’s business goals of driving the right search traffic to the right pages on the site, the unified paid search team wasn’t starting from square one.

From Search Engine Watch

It’s so striking to me that this is one of those things where you’d think it would unify the country.

From Vox

In the middle of it all is McCarthy, who tried to unify his caucus in that closed-door meeting, standing behind Cheney and Greene both.

From Vox

“City of a Thousand Gates” might not appeal to readers who like their stories neatly unified, resolved, centered on the individual.

From Washington Post

And ultimately, you pursued a partisan political agenda rather than seek to unify the country and move us together.

From The Daily Beast

I would unify the conservative family and I believe the conservative family needs to be unified.

From The Daily Beast

This kind of framing could unify, to some extent anyway, the Democratic left and center.

From The Daily Beast

Similarly, most European states took centuries to unify and become liberal democracies.

From The Daily Beast

In short, does refraining from running buses on Shabbat serve to unify the country around the symbol of the Jewish week?

From The Daily Beast

A whole bunch of unifiers were ahead of him; each one of them was trying to unify Italy in his own way.

From Project Gutenberg

Men will unify only to intensify the search for knowledge and power, and live as ever for new occasions.

From Project Gutenberg

But stress has done more than articulate or unify sequences that in their own right imply a syntactic relation.

From Project Gutenberg

Equilibrium of intelligence tends to unify and harmonize American interests and to strengthen patriotism.

From Project Gutenberg

The individual is sovereign over himself”—attains his Swaraj “in so far as he can develop control and unify his manifold nature.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• bring together
• consolidate
• merge