united
verbadjectivecommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//juːˈnaɪtɪd//
- United Kingdom//jʊˈnaɪtɪd//
- United States//juˈnaɪtɪd//
- United States//jʊˈnaɪtɪd//
- United States/[juˈnaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d]/
Joined into a single entity.
verb
- 1
Also a form of unitesimple past and past participle of unite
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 Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English united From unite + -ed.
adjective
- 1
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
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” [...]