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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)

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 union fusion, merger union - 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" 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" coalition, fusion - the state of being combined into one body connectedness, connection, link - the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable" colligation, conjugation, conjunction, junction - the state of being joined together 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" jointure, uniting, conjugation, union compounding, combining, combination - the act of combining things to form a new whole 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"

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

noun

1. A bringing together into a whole:

coalition, consolidation, union, unity.

2. The result of combining:

combination, composite, compound, conjugation, union, unity.

Translations

تَوْحيد

sjednocení

foreningsamling

sameining

объединение унификация

birleş me

统一

unification

[ˌjuːnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən] N → unificación f

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unification

[ˌjuːnɪfɪˈkeɪʃ^ən] n → unification f

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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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unification

[ˌjuːnɪfɪˈkeɪʃ/ən] n → unificazione f

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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.

ˌunifiˈcation (-fi-) noun

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