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unite

Pronounced:

/jʊˈnaɪt/Listen to audio

Function:

verb

Inflected forms:

unites; unit·ed; unit·ing

Meaning:

1 : to join together to do or achieve something [no obj] Party members united in support of their candidate. Students united to protest the tuition increase. uniting against a common enemy [+ obj] The struggle to end slavery united rich and poor.often used as (be) united We were all united by a common purpose.
2 a [+ obj] : to cause (two or more people or things) to be joined together and become one thing A treaty united the independent nations. They were united in marriage [=they were married] on Sunday, August 24. b [no obj] : to become joined together as one thing The sperm and egg unite to form an embryo.
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