unite

Other forms of unite

past tense

united·

present participle

uniting·

third person

unites·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about unite

What does unite mean?

unite means "act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unite?

unite has 2 syllables: u-nite. The stress falls on "u". In IPA it is /ˈjuˌnaɪt/.

What is another word for unite?

Close synonyms include unify, unify, merge, combine, connect. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of unite?

The recorded antonyms are divide.

Is unite a common word?

unite is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with unite?

19 words rhyme with unite. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.