Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Combined into a single entity.
- adjective Concerned with, produced by, or resulting from mutual action.
- adjective Being in harmony; agreed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Joined or combined; made one; made to agree; allied; harmonious: as, a united household.
- In Roman Catholic usage, noting those communities which have separated from Oriental churches and united with the Roman Catholic Church in what it holds to be essential, but preserve an individual and distinctive church organization, acknowledging the supremacy of the Pope, and accepting the doctrinal decisions of the Roman Catholic Church, while retaining to some extent their ancient liturgy, rites, discipline, and usages.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Combined; joined; made one.
- adjective (Eccl.) See
Moravian , n. - adjective (Bot.) flowers which have the stamens and pistils in the same flower.
- adjective Great Britain and Ireland; -- so named since January 1, 1801, when the Legislative Union went into operation.
- adjective (Eccl.) those members of the Greek Church who acknowledge the supremacy of the pope; -- called also
uniats .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
unite . - adjective
Joined into asingle entity . - adjective
Involving thejoint activity ofmultiple agents .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity
- adjective of or relating to two people who are married to each other
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term united is not part of a proper name, but is simply an adjective qualifying States, and has its full and proper sense.
The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny Orestes Augustus Brownson 1839
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Fewer than 100 people were tried in united Germany for alleged crimes committed as part of the East German system, and most of them were given probation.
The Lives of Nazis, the Stasi and Others Lorenz Maroldt 2010
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Being united by common principles and engaging in united action, we will achieve the following goals:
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It seems unlikely that these distinct groups can remain united under one political banner.
Tim Koelkebeck: Is the Religious Right Taking Over the Tea Party? Tim Koelkebeck 2010
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Being united by common principles and engaging in united action, we will achieve the following goals:
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Posted in united states by Karaka on 25 January 2010 Via Yglesias via James Fallows, a Fake is the New Real thought [...]
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It seems unlikely that these distinct groups can remain united under one political banner.
Tim Koelkebeck: Is the Religious Right Taking Over the Tea Party? Tim Koelkebeck 2010
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They want it to pass, but for whatever reason have calculated their best political bet is to stand in united opposition against it.
Matthew Yglesias » Members of Congress Bragging About Projects They Voted Against 2009
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It seems unlikely that these distinct groups can remain united under one political banner.
Tim Koelkebeck: Is the Religious Right Taking Over the Tea Party? Tim Koelkebeck 2010
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The U.N. delegation is visiting Sudan for talks on the referendum, which will allow southern Sudanese to decide whether to remain united with the north or form an independent nation.
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