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unify

verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈjuːnɪfaɪ̯/ weak vowel distinction
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1

verb

Meaning 1

Cause to become one; make into a unit; consolidate; merge; combine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

Become one.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

join or combine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We merged our resources

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unite, merge

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

Narrower terms: consolidate, weld, consubstantiate

4

verb

Meaning 4

become one

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Germany unified officially in 1990
  • the cells merge

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unite, merge

Antonyms: disunify

Broader terms: integrate

Narrower terms: consolidate, consubstantiate, syncretize, syncretise, converge, federate, federalize, federalise, coalesce

5

verb

Meaning 5

to bring or combine together or with something else

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • resourcefully he mingled music and dance

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mix, mingle, commix, amalgamate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

Narrower terms: aggregate, combine, concoct, compound, blend, intermix, immingle, intermingle

6

verb

Meaning 6

act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unite

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: join, fall in, get together

Narrower terms: league, federate, federalize, federalise, confederate, ally with, consociate, associate, band together, reunify, reunite, marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse, pair, pair off, partner off, couple, club

7

verb

Meaning 7

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Democratic Patry platform united several splinter groups

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unite

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

Narrower terms: bond, bring together, draw together

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French unifier, from Late Latin unificare.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: միասնականացնել (miasnakanacʻnel) — cause to become one
  • Bulgarian: обединя́вам (obedinjávam) — cause to become one
  • Bulgarian: обединя́ (obedinjá) — cause to become one
  • Catalan: unificar — cause to become one
  • Cebuano: ihiusa — cause to become one
  • Cebuano: ipahiusa — cause to become one
  • Chinese Mandarin: 統一 /统一 (tǒngyī) — cause to become one
  • Czech: sjednotit — cause to become one
  • Danish: forene — cause to become one
  • Danish: slå sammen — cause to become one
  • Dutch: verenigen — cause to become one
  • Dutch: eenmaken — cause to become one
  • Esperanto: unuecigi — cause to become one
  • Finnish: yhdistää — cause to become one
  • French: unifier — cause to become one
  • German: vereinigen — cause to become one
  • German: vereinen — cause to become one
  • Greek: ενώνω (enóno) — cause to become one
  • Ido: unigar — cause to become one
  • Indonesian: menyatukan — cause to become one
  • Irish: comhaontaigh — cause to become one
  • Italian: unificare — cause to become one
  • Japanese: 一つにする (hitotsu ni suru) — cause to become one
  • Japanese: 統一する (tōitsu suru) — cause to become one
  • Latvian: vienot — cause to become one
  • Māori: whakakotahi — cause to become one
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forene — cause to become one
  • Polish: jednoczyć — cause to become one
  • Polish: zjednoczyć — cause to become one
  • Portuguese: unificar — cause to become one
  • Quechua: huhllay — cause to become one
  • Romanian: unifica — cause to become one
  • Russian: объединя́ть (obʺjedinjátʹ) — cause to become one
  • Russian: объедини́ть (obʺjedinítʹ) — cause to become one
  • Scottish Gaelic: co-aonaich — cause to become one
  • Spanish: unificar — cause to become one
  • Swedish: förena — cause to become one
  • Swedish: slå samman — cause to become one
  • Swedish: unifiera — cause to become one
  • Tagalog: ipagkaisa — cause to become one
  • Bulgarian: обединя́вам се (obedinjávam se) — become one
  • Bulgarian: съединя́вам се (sǎedinjávam se) — become one
  • Catalan: unificar — become one
  • Catalan: unificar-se — become one
  • Cebuano: ihiusa — become one
  • Danish: forene sig — become one
  • Dutch: zich verenigen — become one
  • Esperanto: unuiĝi — become one
  • Finnish: yhdistyä — become one
  • Finnish: yhdentyä — become one
  • German: sich vereinigen — become one
  • Greek: ενοποιώ (enopoió) — become one
  • Indonesian: bersatu — become one
  • Irish: aontaigh — become one
  • Latvian: vienoties — become one
  • Polish: jednoczyć się — become one
  • Polish: zjednoczyć się — become one
  • Russian: объединя́ться (obʺjedinjátʹsja) — become one
  • Russian: объедини́ться (obʺjedinítʹsja) — become one
  • Scottish Gaelic: aonaich — become one
  • Spanish: unificar — become one
  • Tagalog: pag-isahin — become one