unify
verb /ˈjuːnɪfaɪ/
/ˈjuːnɪfaɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they unify | /ˈjuːnɪfaɪ/ /ˈjuːnɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it unifies | /ˈjuːnɪfaɪz/ /ˈjuːnɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple unified | /ˈjuːnɪfaɪd/ /ˈjuːnɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle unified | /ˈjuːnɪfaɪd/ /ˈjuːnɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form unifying | /ˈjuːnɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈjuːnɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- unify something to join people, things, parts of a country, etc. together so that they form a single unit
- The new leader hopes to unify the country.
- the task of unifying Europe
- a unified transport system
Extra Examples- attempts to unify different groups into one political party
- relatively unified societies
- a step towards a complete, fully unified theory
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French unifier or late Latin unificare ‘make into a whole’.