Meaning & use

unify

verb·Academic

To bring separate parts or people together to form a single, united whole.

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The new leader worked hard to unify a party divided by years of infighting.

A shared crisis can unify a community that once seemed hopelessly split apart.

A note on using this word

Unify usually implies deliberate effort to overcome existing division, rather than a natural or accidental coming together.

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