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, 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

• 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) Cebuano: ihiusa, ipahiusa 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) Tagalog: ipagkaisa

become one

Bulgarian: обединя́вам се impf (obedinjávam se), съединя́вам се impf (sǎedinjávam se) Catalan: unificar (ca), unificar-se Cebuano: ihiusa 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) Tagalog: pag-isahin (pronominal)