unify

u·ni·fy
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UK/ˈjuːnɪfaɪ/British, Southern, Standard/ˈjʉwnɪfɑj/US/ˈjunəfaɪ/US/-nɪ-/

verb

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

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

verbunify (third-person singular simple present unifies, present participle unifying, simple past and past participle unified)

present singular third person unifies · participle present unifying · participle past unified · past unified

  1. transitiveCause to become one; make into a unit; consolidate; merge; combine.
  2. intransitiveBecome one.
    1 more example

    Ultimately, all frequencies unify into an unmoving state of zero frequency or vacuum. In other words, all seven sound vibrations or notes unify into silence; all thought frequencies (positive and negative) unify into no-thought or no-mind; and all seven colors of the rainbow unify into pure space that appears dark when it is invisible and as light when it is visible.

    2008, Eliza Mada Dalian, In Search of the Miraculous: Healing Into Consciousness, Expanding Universe Publishing, →ISBN, page 91

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite

verbbecome one

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Opposite
Broader

verbto bring or combine together or with something else

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

Similar

verbact in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief

Similar

verbjoin or combine

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Late Latinunificare
  2. Middle Frenchunifier
  3. Englishunify

Borrowed from Middle French unifier, from Late Latin unificare.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian обединя́вам, обединя́
  • обединя́вам (obedinjávam)cause to become one
  • обединя́ (obedinjá)cause to become one
  • обединя́вам се (obedinjávam se)become one
  • съединя́вам се (săedinjávam se)become one
Catalan unificar, unificar
  • unificarcause to become one
  • unificarbecome one
  • unificar-sebecome one
Chinese Mandarin 統一 /统一
  • 統一 /统一 (tǒngyī)cause to become one
Czech sjednotit
  • sjednotitcause to become one
Danish forene, slå sammen
  • forenecause to become one
  • slå sammencause to become one
  • forene sigbecome one
Dutch verenigen, eenmaken
  • verenigencause to become one
  • eenmakencause to become one
  • zich verenigenbecome one
Esperanto unuecigi, unuiĝi
  • unuecigicause to become one
  • unuiĝibecome one
Finnish yhdistää, yhdistyä
  • yhdistääcause to become one
  • yhdistyäbecome one
  • yhdentyäbecome one
French unifier
  • unifiercause to become one
German vereinigen, vereinen
  • vereinigencause to become one
  • vereinencause to become one
  • sich vereinigenbecome one
Greek ενώνω, ενοποιώ
  • ενώνω (enóno)cause to become one
  • ενοποιώ (enopoió)become one
Indonesian menyatukan, bersatu
  • menyatukancause to become one
  • bersatubecome one
Irish comhaontaigh, aontaigh
  • comhaontaighcause to become one
  • aontaighbecome one
Italian unificare
  • unificarecause to become one
Japanese 一つにする, 統一する
  • 一つにする (hitotsu ni suru)cause to become one
  • 統一する (tōitsu suru)cause to become one
Latvian vienot, vienoties
  • vienotcause to become one
  • vienotiesbecome one
Māori whakakotahi
  • whakakotahicause to become one
Norwegian Bokmål forene
  • forenecause to become one
Polish jednoczyć, zjednoczyć
  • jednoczyćcause to become one
  • zjednoczyćcause to become one
  • jednoczyć siębecome one
  • zjednoczyć siębecome one
Portuguese unificar
  • unificarcause to become one
Romanian unifica
  • unificacause to become one
Russian объединя́ть, объедини́ть
  • объединя́ть (obʺjedinjátʹ)cause to become one
  • объедини́ть (obʺjedinítʹ)cause to become one
  • объединя́ться (obʺjedinjátʹsja)become one
  • объедини́ться (obʺjedinítʹsja)become one
Scottish Gaelic co-aonaich, aonaich
  • co-aonaichcause to become one
  • aonaichbecome one
Spanish unificar, unificar
  • unificarcause to become one
  • unificarbecome one
Swedish förena, slå samman
  • förenacause to become one
  • slå sammancause to become one
  • unifieracause to become one
Tagalog ipagkaisa, pag-isahin
  • ipagkaisacause to become one
  • pag-isahinbecome one
Cite this entry
APA

unify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unify

MLA

“unify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unify. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unify.

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