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unifyunify /ˈyunəˌfaɪ/ ●○○ AWL verb (, unified, unifying) ETYMOLOGYunifyOrigin: 1500-1600 Late Latin unificare, from Latin uni- + -ficare -fy VERB TABLEunify |
Present | I, you, we, they | unify | | he, she, it | unifies | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | unified | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have unified | | he, she, it | has unified | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had unified | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will unify | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have unified |
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Present | I | am unifying | | he, she, it | is unifying | | you, we, they | are unifying | Past | I, he, she, it | was unifying | | you, we, they | were unifying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been unifying | | he, she, it | has been unifying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been unifying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be unifying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been unifying |
THESAURUS to join together with other people or organizations to achieve something, or to make people do this► unite to join together with other people or organizations to achieve something, or to make people do this: The prime minister was unable to unite the country. ► integrate to combine two or more things in order to make an effective system: The software allows companies to integrate many of their business operations. ► merge to join two companies together to make a single company or organization, or to make companies or organizations do this: The two companies merged in 2006. ► consolidate to join together a group of companies, organizations, etc., especially to make them work more effectively than they worked separately: The district consolidated several of its schools when enrollment dropped. ► unify to join together to become a single group or country, or to make different parts do this: In 1990, West and East Germany unified to become one country instead of two. 1[intransitive, transitive] if you unify two or more groups, parts of a country, etc., or they unify, they are combined to make a single unit: Strong support for the war has unified the nation.► see thesaurus at unite2[transitive] to combine different ideas, styles, etc. to make a new idea, style, etc.: His music unifies traditional and modern themes.—unified adjective |