unite

yoo-NYT/juˈnaɪt/

Verbunites, uniting, united

Noun pluralunites

3 meanings of unite

1
verbtransitive
To join people or things together so they become one.
Like gluing two pieces of paper into one sheet.
A good leader can unite people who do not agree.
The bridge unites the two halves of the city.
Similarunify, join, combine, link, bind
Oppositedivide, separate, split, disunite
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2
verbintransitivereciprocal
To come together and act as one group.
Like drops of water joining to make one puddle.
The villages united to build a shared school.
Workers unite when they face the same problem.
Similarunify, ally, join, combine, merge
Oppositedivide, separate, split
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3
nounhistoricalUKcountable
A gold coin from old Britain, worth twenty shillings, made under King James I.
He paid for the horse with a single unite.
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.
1968, Seaby's coin and medal bulletin, numbers 593-604Here, unites means old British gold coins worth twenty shillings.
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Origin

From Latin ūnītus, from the verb ūniō, which comes from ūnus meaning "one." It reached English through Middle English uniten.