Unite United Juˈnaɪt People Local Join Verb Bre

• local resident groups have united in opposition to the plan.
• we will unite in fighting crime.
• will they unite behind the new leader?
• nationalist parties united to oppose the government's plans.

unite

1. to join together with other people in order to do something as a group
• Local resident groups have united in opposition to the plan.
• We will unite in fighting crime.
• Will they unite behind the new leader?
• Nationalist parties united to oppose the government's plans.
2. to make people or things join together to form a unit; to join together
• A special bond unites our two countries.
• His aim was to unite Italy.
• The two countries united in 1887.
• She unites keen business skills with a charming personality.

Extra Examples

• The local people united against the government scheme.
• helping top unite the warring factions
• uniting the North with the South
• urging them to unite behind the new president
• to unify/unite the country/the party/Europe
• to unite two political parties/the two Germanies/the people

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they unite
• he / she / it unites
• past simple united
• past participle united
• -ing form uniting

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Latin unit- ‘joined together’, from the verb unire, from unus ‘one’.