Definitions for unifyˈyu nəˌfaɪ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

u•ni•fyˈyu nəˌfaɪ(v.t.; v.i.)-fied, -fy•ing.

  1. to make or become a single unit; unite; merge.

Origin of unify:

1495–1505; < LL ūnificāre= L ūni-uni - +-ficāre -fy

u′ni•fi`er(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unify, unite, merge(verb)

    become one

    "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells merge"

  2. mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate(verb)

    to bring or combine together or with something else

    "resourcefully he mingled music and dance"

  3. unite, unify(verb)

    bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation

    "the Democratic Patry platform united several splinter groups"

  4. unite, unify(verb)

    act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief

  5. unite, unify, merge(verb)

    join or combine

    "We merged our resources"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. unify(verb)ˈyu nəˌfaɪ

    to help people in a group work well together

    They think they can unify the world through music.; attempts to unify the party

Wiktionary

  1. unify(Verb)

    Cause to become one; make into a unit; consolidate; merge; combine.

  2. unify(Verb)

    Become one.

  3. Origin: From Old and modern French unifier or late Latin unificare

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unify(verb)

    to cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as one


Translations for unify

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

unify(verb)

to combine into a single whole

The country consisted of several small states and was unified only recently.

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