UNIFICATION Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

unification

noun

ˌyü-nə-fə-ˈkā-shən

Definition of unification

as in merger

the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one the political unification of several Central European states into a German empire dominated by Prussia

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Recent Examples of unification Herald Square and Times Square are rapidly becoming one district, and a few curbside tourist attractions will only contribute to their unification. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2026 Data, knowledge and AI unification has to be a mandate from leadership, not a project owned by a single team. — Yu Fang, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 The demonstrators, many wearing balaclavas, congregated on a street in the town, where many residents are republicans, who favor unification with the Republic of Ireland. — Pan Pylas, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026 The demonstrators, many wearing balaclavas, congregated on a street in the town, where many favor unification with the Republic of Ireland. — CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unification

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Noun

Via a merger, SpaceX would be sacrificing half of those fast-rising earnings to the Tesla shareholders, and getting what’s for now a minimal contribution from Tesla.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Last week, Barclays analysts suggested that a merger could be announced before Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting in December.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of merger

Noun

For larger workloads, batch processing can handle multiple files for tasks such as conversion, merging, compression, OCR, printing, encryption, and adding or removing watermarks.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
Prediction markets enable a more complete merging of the financial with the social and linguistic than social media has been able to achieve.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of merging

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One reason was that the consolidation of health systems was leading to higher prices, as some systems had monopolies in certain markets.

— Alana Semuels, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
The consolidation of power into fewer hands (with most of those being male) is not without consequences.

— Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of consolidation

Noun

Fields made two catches for 25 yards and was twice targeted on deep shots that just missed connecting.

— Dan Duggan, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Two of the company's vessels, Icon and Star of the Seas, feature exterior doors to connecting cabins — replacing the traditional interior door, as Royal Caribbean Blog reported.

— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026

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