Dictionary entry details
• UNIFY (verb)
Meaning:
Become one
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
merge; unify; unite
Context examples:
Germany unified officially in 1990 / Will the two Koreas unify?
Hypernyms (to "unify" is one way to...):
integrate (become one; become integrated)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unify"):
coalesce (fuse or cause to grow together)
federalise; federalize; federate (enter into a league for a common purpose)
converge (come together so as to form a single product)
syncretise; syncretize (unite (beliefs or conflicting principles))
consubstantiate (become united in substance)
consolidate (unite into one)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Antonym:
disunify (break up or separate)
Meaning:
To bring or combine together or with something else
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
mingle; commix; amalgamate; unify; mix
Context example:
resourcefully he mingled music and dance
Hypernyms (to "unify" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unify"):
blend; immingle; intermingle; intermix (combine into one)
combine; compound (combine so as to form a whole; mix)
concoct (make a concoction (of) by mixing)
aggregate; combine (gather in a mass, sum, or whole)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
unify; unite
Context example:
the Democratic Patry platform united several splinter groups
Hypernyms (to "unify" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unify"):
bond; bring together; draw together (bring together in a common cause or emotion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
unite; unify
Hypernyms (to "unify" is one way to...):
fall in; get together; join (become part of; become a member of a group or organization)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unify"):
club (unite with a common purpose)
couple; pair; pair off; partner off (form a pair or pairs)
conjoin; espouse; get hitched with; get married; hook up with; marry; wed (take in marriage)
reunify; reunite (unify again, as of a country)
band together; confederate (form a group or unite)
associate; consociate (bring or come into association or action)
ally with (untie formally; of interest groups or countries)
confederate (form a confederation with; of nations)
federalise; federalize; federate (unite on a federal basis or band together as a league)
league (unite to form a league)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Join or combine
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
merge; unify; unite
Context example:
We merged our resources
Hypernyms (to "unify" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unify"):
consolidate (bring together into a single whole or system)
weld (unite closely or intimately)
consubstantiate (unite in one common substance)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
