unite

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

unite [unite unites united uniting] BrE [juˈnaɪt] NAmE [juˈnaɪt] verb
1. intransitive to join together with other people in order to do sth as a group
•~ in sth Local resident groups have united in opposition to the plan.
•~ in doing sth We will unite in fighting crime.
•~ (behind/against sb/sth) Will they unite behind the new leader?
•Nationalist parties united to oppose the government's plans.
2. transitive, intransitive to make people or things join together to form a unit; to join together
•~ (sb/sth) A special bond unites our two countries.
• His aim was to unite Italy.
•The two countries united in 1887.
•~ (sb/sth) (with sb/sth) She unites keen business skills with a charming personality.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin unit- ‘joined together’, from the verb unire, from unus ‘one’.

Example Bank:
•The local people united against the government scheme.
•helping top unite the warring factions
•uniting the North with the South
•urging them to unite behind the new president
•to unify/unite the country/the party/Europe
•to unite two political parties/the two Germanies/the people

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  unify, merge, connect, link, link up, join, combine
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  disunify, break apart, divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up