unified

verb

Definition of unifiednext
past tense of unify
1
as in consolidated
to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control will unify the several departments into a single operation

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in combined
to come together to form a single unit the two labor unions unified in order to strengthen their bargaining position with the manufacturers

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of unified The dancers — now unified in formations that softly bleed into one another like clouds — demand attention. — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026 The reaction to the Fort Worth judge’s decision to allow Sorsby to play has unified everyone against Texas Tech. — Mac Engel june 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 June 2026 To operationalize hyper-personalization, these disparate data sources must be unified. — Ravi Shankar, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 There is a real distinction between a city unified by five fine starting players in a game that originally involved throwing a ball into a peach basket and that, however improbably, became the city game, and the bloody display in the nation’s capital. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 June 2026 The production’s hallmarks are the acting performances that are mostly quite strong, along with some scintillating technical aspects that affirm the show’s dystopian aims, unified smartly by Lisa Mallette’s active direction. — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 29 May 2026 The intoxicant of being in proximity to a winner has unified most of the five boroughs to Reggie Jackson in 1977 and Mark Messier in 1994 levels. — David Aldridge, New York Times, 10 June 2026 Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado said her fellow Venezuelans are unified in grief after yesterday's devastating earthquakes. — Will Clark, NBC news, 26 June 2026 While law enforcement officials said they were unified in their approach to combating crime during the 2026 FIFA World Cup that begins this month in Los Angeles, one topic jumped out as a security concern — drones. — Nathaniel Percy, Daily News, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unified
  1. consolidated
  2. combined
  3. integrated
  4. united
  5. concentrated
  6. fused
  7. merged
Verb
  • In the 2000s, Bloomberg consolidated the various agencies into a one-stop shop for navigating city government.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 30 June 2026
  • The lawsuits were consolidated into one suit in January 2025.
    — Tonya Simpson, ABC News, 30 June 2026
Definition of consolidated
Verb
  • Wilyer Abreu added a two-run double, and relievers Jovani Morán, Greg Weissert and Alec Gamboa combined for three hitless innings for the Red Sox, who have won seven of nine games.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
  • Wilyer Abreu added a two-run double, and relievers Jovani Morán, Greg Weissert and Alec Gamboa combined for three hitless innings for the Red Sox (39-48), who have won seven of nine games.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of combined
Verb
  • Its compact design allows it to be integrated into a wide range of robotic platforms with minimal space requirements.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
  • Other technologies now used as part of IVF suggest that AI could soon become more integrated, despite its potentially small effect on the success of pregnancy and birth.
    — Edna Bonhomme, Scientific American, 6 July 2026
Definition of integrated
Verb
  • Most opponents wore red, the color that has united grassroots organizations across the city against data centers.
    — Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 July 2026
  • Different beliefs, different backgrounds, different cultures—but united by compassion and humanity.
    — Vahe Gregorian July 2, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Definition of united
Verb
  • The British system concentrated ultimate authority in Parliament and the Crown.
    — Ashok N. Srivastava, Fortune, 3 July 2026
  • Berkshire Hathaway’s income portfolio is heavily concentrated.
    — Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of concentrated
Verb
  • The real breakthrough is continuous data lineage fused with identity-aware governance, where every dataset, permission and transfer is traceable in real time.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Gompers’s line drawings fused Heinz Edelmann with the woodblock frontispiece of the Chinese translation of the Diamond Sutra.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026
Definition of fused
Verb
  • Over the next couple of decades, Saez advanced through the ranks of the bank and played a key role in integrating systems when SunTrust merged with BB&T in 2019 to form Truist Bank.
    — Kelly Yamanouchi, AJC.com, 30 June 2026
  • EchoStar, which merged with Dish in 2024, has been struggling to repay $25 billion in debt, and Ergen has publicly warned that bankruptcy was a possibility.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 30 June 2026
Definition of merged

Browse Nearby Words

unifications
unified
unifies
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Unified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unified. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation

More from Merriam-Webster on unified

Nglish: Translation of unified for Spanish Speakers

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words

How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List

One-Word Oxymorons: Bittersweet, Spendthrift, and More

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
hangman letters and game
Hangman Lightning Round Figure out which word fits in the blanks.
See All