unite

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English uniten, from Latin ūnītus, perfect passive participle of ūniō.

Pronunciation edit

(General American) enPR: yo͞o-nītʹ, yo͝o-, IPA^(key): /juˈnaɪt/, /jʊˈnaɪt/, [ju̟ˈnaɪ̯ʔ], [ju̟ˈnaɪ̯(ʔ)t̚], [jʊˈnaɪ̯ʔ], [jʊˈnaɪ̯(ʔ)t̚], [jəˈnaɪ̯ʔ], [jəˈnaɪ̯(ʔ)t̚]
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Rhymes: -aɪt
Hyphenation: u‧nite

Verb edit

unite (third-person singular simple present unites, present participle uniting, simple past and past participle united)

(transitive) To bring together as one.
The new government will try to unite the various factions.

I hope this song can unite people from all different cultures.
(reciprocal) To come together as one.
If we want to win, we will need to unite.

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of unite

infinitive	(to) unite
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	unite	united
2nd-person singular	unite, unitest^†	united, unitedst^†
3rd-person singular	unites, uniteth^†	united
plural	unite	united

subjunctive	unite	united

imperative	unite	—

participles	uniting	united

^†Archaic or obsolete.

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Translations edit

(transitive) to bring together as one

Arabic: اِتَّحَدَ (ittaḥada), أَلَّفَ (ar) (ʔallafa)
Armenian: միավորել (hy) (miavorel), միանալ (hy) (mianal), միացնել (hy) (miacʻnel)
Aromanian: unescu, mpriunedz
Azerbaijani: birləşdirmək (az)
Belarusian: ядна́ць impf (jadnácʹ), аб'ядна́ць pf (abʺjadnácʹ)
Bulgarian: обединя́вам (bg) impf (obedinjávam), обедини́ (bg) pf (obediní), съединявам (bg) (sǎedinjavam)
Catalan: unir (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 結合／结合 (zh) (jiéhé)
Cornish: unya
Czech: sjednotit pf, spojit (cs) pf
Danish: forene, sammenslutte
Dutch: verenigen (nl)
Egyptian:

(jꜥb)
Esperanto: unuigi
Finnish: yhtyä (fi), yhdistyä (fi), liittyä yhteen (come together); yhdistää (fi), liittää yhteen (bring together)
French: unir (fr)
Friulian: unî
German: vereinen (de)
Greek: ενώνω (el) (enóno)
Hungarian: egyesít (hu), egybeolvaszt (hu), összekapcsol (hu), összeköt (hu)
Ido: unionar (io)
Ingrian: yhistää
Italian: unire (it)
Japanese: 結合する (ja) (けつごうする, ketsugō suru)
Korean: 결합하다 (ko) (gyeolhaphada)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: یەک گرتن (yek girtin), یەک خستن (yek xistin)
Ladino: unir, aunar, adjuntar, aguntar (Monastir)
Latgalian: vīnumeiguot, saškiert, salaist
Latin: nectō, cōpulō, aduno
Latvian: vienot (lv), apvienot (lv), savienot
Macedonian: обединува impf (obedinuva), обедини pf (obedini), соединува impf (soedinuva), соедини pf (soedini)
Ngazidja Comorian: utsanganya
Occitan: unir (oc)
Old English: ġeānian, ānlǣċan, fēġan, gadrian, ġesamnian, ġelōgian, ġemengan
Ottoman Turkish: قوشمق (koşmak)
Piedmontese: unì
Polish: jednoczyć (pl) impf
Portuguese: unir (pt)
Quechua: ch'antay
Romanian: uni (ro)
Russian: объединя́ть (ru) impf (obʺjedinjátʹ), объедини́ть (ru) pf (obʺjedinítʹ)
Sanskrit: समाकुरुते (samākurute)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: уједи́нити pf

Roman: ujedíniti (sh) pf
Slovak: zjednotiť pf, spojiť pf
Spanish: unir (es), aunar (es), juntar (es), combinar (es), cohesionar (es)
Swedish: förena (sv)
Turkish: birleştirmek (tr)
Ukrainian: об'є́днувати impf (obʺjédnuvaty), об'єдна́ти pf (obʺjednáty)
Vietnamese: đoàn kết (vi), kết hợp (vi)
Volapük: balön (vo)
Yakut: холбоо (qolboo)
Yiddish: פֿאַרבינדן (farbindn), פֿאַראייניקן (fareynikn)

(reciprocal) to come together as one

Azerbaijani: birləşmək (az)
Bulgarian: съединявам се (sǎedinjavam se), обединявам се (obedinjavam se)
Hebrew: התאחד
Hungarian: egyesül (hu), összefog (hu)
Russian: объединя́ться (ru) impf (obʺjedinjátʹsja), объедини́ться (ru) pf (obʺjedinítʹsja)
Swedish: förenas (sv)

Noun edit

unite (plural unites)

(UK, historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, first produced during the reign of King James I, and bearing a legend indicating the king's intention of uniting the kingdoms of England and Scotland.
- 1968, Seaby's coin and medal bulletin, numbers 593-604, page 198:
  Occasionally Scots and Irish coins are also found. The gold hoards consist entirely of crown gold unites, half unites and quarter unites from the reigns of James I and Charles I.