unite
part of speech
verb (unite, unites, united, uniting)
meaning for a pupil
1) To unite means to join together to make one group or one thing: «The two clubs united.» tree →
2) To unite people means to bring them together so they work for the same goal. tree →
3) United (adjective) means joined together or agreeing. tree →
4) To unite two people can also mean to marry them. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history and citizenship lessons, countries unite (the United Kingdom, the United States, the United Nations); in sport and stories, people unite against a danger. In maths, «unite» is not used, but the idea of joining groups (union of sets) is related. Phrases: «unite against», «unite behind», «unite to do», «united we stand».
examples
- 41) Our author means to say that the water has a great disposition to unite itself with the caloric, thus for instance is the fire latent in steam, but the air equipoises them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- The whole town united to clean up after the flood. tree →
- The two small schools united to make one bigger school. tree →
- England, Scotland and Wales were united under one Parliament in 1707. tree →
- Music can unite people from different countries. tree →
- The class united behind their captain. tree →
- Our team is united and ready to play. tree →
- «United we stand, divided we fall» is an old saying. tree →
- These cantons are separated by the Rhone, over which is a bridge that unites them. tree →
note
Regular verb: united, uniting (drop the «e» before «-ing»). Stress: yoo-NITE. Noun: unity, union. Many names use «United»: the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), the United States, Manchester United. Opposite: divide, split.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «unite» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.