Meanings
present singular third person unites · participle present uniting · participle past united · past united · first person past singular united · archaic present second person singular unitest · past second person singular united · archaic past second person singular unitedst · present singular third person unites · archaic present singular third person uniteth · past singular third person united · past plural united · past subjunctive united · participle present uniting · participle past united
plural unites
- UKhistoricalA British gold coin worth 20 shillings, first produced during the reign of King James I, and bearing a legend indicating the king's intention of uniting the kingdoms of England and Scotland.
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 593-604, page 198
Synonyms & antonyms
verbact in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
verbbring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Italic*oinos
- Old Latinoinos
- Latinūnus
- Latinūniō
- Latinūnītu
- Middle Englishuniten
- Englishunite
From Middle English uniten, from Latin ūnītus, perfect passive participle of ūniō.
More words from Middle English, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اِتَّحَدَ, أَلَّفَ
- اِتَّحَدَ (ittaḥada)(transitive) to bring together as one
- أَلَّفَ (ʔallafa)(transitive) to bring together as one
Basque batu
- batu(transitive) to bring together as one
Bulgarian обединя́вам, обедини́
- обединя́вам (obedinjávam)(transitive) to bring together as one
- обедини́ (obediní)(transitive) to bring together as one
- съединявам (săedinjavam)(transitive) to bring together as one
- съединявам се (săedinjavam se)(reciprocal) to come together as one
- обединявам се (obedinjavam se)(reciprocal) to come together as one
Catalan unir
- unir(transitive) to bring together as one
Chinese Mandarin 結合 /结合
- 結合 /结合 (jiéhé)(transitive) to bring together as one
Czech sjednotit, spojit
- sjednotit(transitive) to bring together as one
- spojit(transitive) to bring together as one
Danish forene, sammenslutte
- forene(transitive) to bring together as one
- sammenslutte(transitive) to bring together as one
Dutch verenigen
- verenigen(transitive) to bring together as one
Esperanto unuigi
- unuigi(transitive) to bring together as one
Finnish yhtyä, yhdistyä
- yhtyä(transitive) to bring together as one
- yhdistyä(transitive) to bring together as one
- liittyä yhteen(transitive) to bring together as one
- yhdistää(transitive) to bring together as one
- liittää yhteen(transitive) to bring together as one
French unir
- unir(transitive) to bring together as one
German vereinen
- vereinen(transitive) to bring together as one
Greek ενώνω
- ενώνω (enóno)(transitive) to bring together as one
Hebrew התאחד
- התאחד(reciprocal) to come together as one
Hungarian egyesít, egybeolvaszt
- egyesít(transitive) to bring together as one
- egybeolvaszt(transitive) to bring together as one
- összekapcsol(transitive) to bring together as one
- összeköt(transitive) to bring together as one
- egyesül(reciprocal) to come together as one
- összefog(reciprocal) to come together as one
Icelandic sameina
- sameina(transitive) to bring together as one
Irish aontaigh
- aontaigh(transitive) to bring together as one
Italian unire
- unire(transitive) to bring together as one
Japanese 結合する
- 結合する (ketsugō suru)(transitive) to bring together as one
Korean 결합하다
- 결합하다 (gyeolhaphada)(transitive) to bring together as one
Latin nectō, cōpulō
- nectō(transitive) to bring together as one
- cōpulō(transitive) to bring together as one
- aduno(transitive) to bring together as one
- conserō(reciprocal) to come together as one
- ūniō(reciprocal) to come together as one
Latvian vienot, apvienot
- vienot(transitive) to bring together as one
- apvienot(transitive) to bring together as one
- savienot(transitive) to bring together as one
Lithuanian suvienyti, jungtis
- suvienyti(transitive) to bring together as one
- jungtis(transitive) to bring together as one
Polish jednoczyć
- jednoczyć(transitive) to bring together as one
Portuguese unir
- unir(transitive) to bring together as one
Romanian uni
- uni(transitive) to bring together as one
Russian объединя́ть, объедини́ть
- объединя́ть (obʺjedinjátʹ)(transitive) to bring together as one
- объедини́ть (obʺjedinítʹ)(transitive) to bring together as one
- объединя́ться (obʺjedinjátʹsja)(reciprocal) to come together as one
- объедини́ться (obʺjedinítʹsja)(reciprocal) to come together as one
Slovak zjednotiť, spojiť
- zjednotiť(transitive) to bring together as one
- spojiť(transitive) to bring together as one
Spanish unir, uñir
- unir(transitive) to bring together as one
- uñir(transitive) to bring together as one
- aunar(transitive) to bring together as one
- cohesionar(transitive) to bring together as one
- unirse(reciprocal) to come together as one
Swedish förena, förenas
- förena(transitive) to bring together as one
- förenas(reciprocal) to come together as one
Turkish birleştirmek
- birleştirmek(transitive) to bring together as one
Ukrainian об'є́днувати, об'єдна́ти
- об'є́днувати (obʺjédnuvaty)(transitive) to bring together as one
- об'єдна́ти (obʺjednáty)(transitive) to bring together as one
Vietnamese đoàn kết, kết hợp
- đoàn kết(transitive) to bring together as one
- kết hợp(transitive) to bring together as one
Yiddish פֿאַרבינדן, פֿאַראייניקן
- פֿאַרבינדן (farbindn)(transitive) to bring together as one
- פֿאַראייניקן (fareynikn)(transitive) to bring together as one
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with unite
Anagrams
Cite this entry
unite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unite
“unite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unite. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unite.
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