unite
Plural: unites
Verb
Verb Forms: united, uniting, unites
- To bring or join together for a common purpose or as a whole.
- act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
- become one
- have or possess in combination
- "she unites charm with a good business sense"
- be or become joined or united or linked
- bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation
- "the Democratic Patry platform united several splinter groups"
- join or combine
- To bring together as one.
- To come together as one.
Noun
- A 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.
Examples
- Clever Scrabble players can UNITE seemingly unrelated letters into a high-scoring word.
- I hope this song can unite people from all different cultures.
- If we want to win, we will need to unite.
- The new government will try to unite the various factions.
Origin / Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *éy?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Italic *oinos
Old Latin oinos
Latin ūnus
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Latin -iō
Latin ūniō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Latin ūnītuslbor.
Middle English uniten
English unite
From Middle English uniten, from Latin ūnītus, perfect passive participle of ūniō.
Scrabble Score: 5
unite: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordunite: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
unite: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 7
unite: valid Words With Friends Word