united

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/juːˈnaɪtɪd/
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/juːˈnaɪtɪd/ · /jʊˈnaɪtɪd/ · /juˈnaɪtɪd/ · [juˈnaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d] · [ju̟ˈnaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d] · [jʊˈnaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d] · [jəˈnaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d]

Definition of united

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of unite
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verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of unite

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Joined into a single entity.
    “Near-synonyms: combined, integrated”
    “Learn this, Thomas, And thou shalt prove a shelter to thy friends, A hoop of gold to bind thy brothers in, That the united vessel of their blood, Mingled with venom of suggestion— As, force perforce, the age will pour it in— Shall never leak [...]”
    “The action ended in the capture of the Ca Ira and Censeur, the latter a 74-gun ship, and both crowded with troops. Their united loss was between 300 and 400 men. On board the British squadron 73 were killed and 275 wounded; the Neapolitans had only 1 slain and 9 wounded.”
  2. (not-comparable)Involving the joint activity of multiple agents.
    “The two parties stood united against the proposal.”
    “A united effort is needed to solve the problem.”
    “[...] defining the group of self-governing communities composed of Great Britain and the Dominions as “autonomous communities within the British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external afiairs, though united by a common allegiance to the Crown and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations” [...]”

name

  1. (British)any of many football teams formed by the amalgamation of smaller ones

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin ūniō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin ūnītuslbor. Middle English uniten English unite Middle English -ed English -ed English united From unite + -ed.

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