unify

English

Etymology

From Middle French unifier, from Late Latin unificare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːnɪfaɪ/

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Verb

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

1. (transitive) Cause to become one; make into a unit; consolidate; merge; combine.
2. (intransitive) Become one.
   • 2008, Eliza Mada Dalian, In Search of the Miraculous: Healing Into Consciousness‎^[1], Expanding Universe Publishing, →ISBN, page 91:

     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.

Antonyms

• divide

Derived terms

Derived terms

• unifiable
• unific
• unification
• unificatory
• unifier

Related terms

• unite

Translations

cause to become one

• Armenian: միասնականացնել (hy) (miasnakanacʻnel)
• Bulgarian: обединя́вам (bg) impf (obedinjávam), обединя́ pf (obedinjá)
• Catalan: unificar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 統一／统一 (zh) (tǒngyī)

• Czech: sjednotit
• Danish: forene, slå sammen
• Dutch: verenigen (nl), eenmaken
• Esperanto: unuecigi
• Finnish: yhdistää (fi)
• French: unifier (fr)
• German: vereinigen (de), vereinen (de)
• Greek: ενώνω (el) (enóno)
• Ido: unigar (io)
• Indonesian: menyatukan (id)
• Irish: comhaontaigh
• Italian: unificare (it)
• Japanese: 一つにする (ja) (hitotsu ni suru), 統一する (ja) (tōitsu suru)
• Latvian: vienot (lv)
• Maori: whakakotahi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forene

• Polish: jednoczyć (pl) impf, zjednoczyć (pl) pf
• Portuguese: unificar (pt)
• Quechua: huhllay
• Romanian: unifica (ro)
• Russian: объединя́ть (ru) impf (obʺjedinjátʹ), объедини́ть (ru) pf (obʺjedinítʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: co-aonaich
• Spanish: unificar (es)
• Swedish: förena (sv), slå samman, unifiera (sv)

become one

• Bulgarian: обединя́вам се impf (obedinjávam se), съединя́вам се impf (sǎedinjávam se)
• Catalan: unificar (ca), unificar-se
• Danish: forene sig
• Dutch: zich verenigen
• Esperanto: unuiĝi
• Finnish: yhdistyä (fi), yhdentyä (fi)
• German: sich vereinigen
• Greek: ενοποιώ (el) (enopoió)
• Indonesian: bersatu (id)
• Irish: aontaigh
• Latvian: vienoties
• Polish: jednoczyć się (pl) impf, zjednoczyć się (pl) pf
• Russian: объединя́ться (ru) impf (obʺjedinjátʹsja), объедини́ться (ru) pf (obʺjedinítʹsja)
• Scottish Gaelic: aonaich
• Spanish: unificar (es) (pronominal)