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u·ni·fy
(yo͞o′nə-fī′)tr. & intr.v. u·ni·fied, u·ni·fy·ing, u·ni·fies
To make into or become a unit; consolidate.
[French unifier, from Old French, from Late Latin ūnificāre : Latin ūnus, one; see uni- + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]
u′ni·fi′a·ble adj.
u′ni·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.
u′ni·fi′er n.
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unification
(ˌjuːnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən)n
1. an act, instance, or process of uniting
2. the state of being united
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u•ni•fi•ca•tion
(ˌyu nə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən)n.
1. the act or process of unifying; union.
2. the state of being unified; consolidation.
[1850–55]
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| Noun | 1. |  unification - an occurrence that involves the production of a unionunion - the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts; "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals" |
| 2. |  unification - the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union"state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" connectedness, connection, link - the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable" association - the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination; "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break" marriage - a close and intimate union; "the marriage of music and dance"; "a marriage of ideas" syncretism - the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy); "a syncretism of material and immaterial theories" | |
| 3. |  unification - the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"coalescence, coalescency, conglutination, coalition, concretion - the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts reunification, reunion - the act of coming together again; "monetary unification precipitated the reunification of the German state in October 1990" tribalisation, tribalization - the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis umbrella - having the function of uniting a group of similar things; "the Democratic Party is an umbrella for many liberal groups"; "under the umbrella of capitalism" |
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unification
noun union, uniting, alliance, combination, coalition, merger, federation, confederation, fusion, amalgamation, coalescence The ultimate aim is to bring about the unification of Albania and Kosovo.
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unification
noun1. A bringing together into a whole:
2. The result of combining:
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Translations
تَوْحيد
sjednocení
foreningsamling
sameining
birleş me
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unification
n (of country) → Einigung f; (of system) → Vereinheitlichung f; unification process → Einigungsprozess m; Unification Church → Vereinigungskirche f (der Mun-Sekte)
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unify
(ˈjuːnifai) verb to combine into a single whole. The country consisted of several small states and was unified only recently.
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