单词 | united |
释义 | united (once / 31 pages) adj When two things are so closely linked or attached that they act as if they were a single unit, they are united. Allied countries join together during war, united against a common enemy. If several friends are united against a playground bully, they act as one to fight back or scare the bully away. The phrase "united front" shows up a lot in politics, and it usually refers to groups of people or governments banding together to gain strength or resist some negative force. The United States is a single country formed from many individual states that are joined into one. The Latin root, unus, means "one." WORD FAMILYunited: unitedly+/disunite: disunited, disunites, disuniting/disunited: disunitedly/disunity: disunities/reunite: reunited, reunites, reuniting/unite: disunite, reunite, united, unites, uniting, unity/uniting: unitings/unity: disunity, unities USAGE EXAMPLESLeaving the UK, Obama visits Turkey where he says: “The United States is not, and will never be, at war with Islam.” The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) The United States government rates readings of 301 to 500 as “hazardous.” New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) A year ago, a robot called HitchBOT traveled across Canada, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands before it was brought to the United States. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity presented a united front Syn|Ant collective forming a whole or aggregate integratednot segregated; designated as available to all races or groups jointunited or combined agreed, in agreementunited by being of the same opinion allied, confederate, confederativeunited in a confederacy or league amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated, fusedjoined together into a whole coalescent, coalescinggrowing together, fusing cohesivecohering or tending to cohere; well integrated conjugate, conjugated, coupledjoined together especially in a pair or pairs conjunctbound in close association federate, federatedunited under a central government incorporate, incorporated, integrated, merged, unifiedformed or united into a whole in league(usually followed by `with') united in effort as if in a league one, unitaryhaving the indivisible character of a unit suprasegmentalpertaining to a feature of speech that extends over more than a single speech sound tiedbound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection undividednot parted by conflict of opinion unpartitionednot divided by partitions nonsegmental, unsegmentedhaving a body that is not divided into segments divided separated into parts or pieces distributiveserving to distribute or allot or disperse segregated, unintegratedseparated or isolated from others or a main group separateindependent; not united or joint bicameral, two-chamberedconsisting of two chambers bifiddivided into two lobes bifurcate, biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongyresembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches bifurcateddivided into or made up of two parts bilocular, biloculatedivided into or containing two cells or chambers black-and-whiteof a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories chamberedhaving compartmental chambers bisulcate, cloven(used of hooves) split, divided dichotomousdivided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications disconnected, disunited, fragmented, splithaving been divided; having the unity destroyed disjointedtaken apart at the joints disjuncthaving deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects episodicof writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes four-prongedhaving four prongs many-chamberedhaving many chambers metameric, segmental, segmentedhaving the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters mullionedof windows; divided by vertical bars or piers usually of stone pentamerousdivided into five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five) members pronged, tinedhaving prongs or tines; usually used in combination sectional, sectionedconsisting of or divided into sections segmentaldivided or organized into speech segments or isolable speech sounds three-prongedhaving three prongs torndisrupted by the pull of contrary forces trifiddivided into three lobes two-prongedhaving two prongs 2adj of or relating to two people who are married to each other Syn joined married joined in matrimony |
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