to knit together
2
3.9
- phrasal verb
- /nɪt təˈɡɛðər/
:
unir
- The ceremonial circuit knit together people of different tribes and watersheds in private gatherings away from spectators' eyes.
Petty Paw was quite a dazzling diamond teen, brilliant, exuberant sort of dance maker, knitting together complex weavings of steps.
- Petty Paw was quite a dazzling diamond teen, brilliant, exuberant sort of dance maker, knitting together complex weavings of steps.
Examples
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By 1888, the movement to knit together Washington's professional societies so as to make the city the intellectual as well as political capital of the country was reaching a climax.
Blog text (21) -
Our shared experiences during the project served to knit together the team into a cohesive unit.
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For this work, we must be knit together as one.
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Maybe Dad's trying to build a family unit, and he thinks this might help knit you together.
Fiction book (1995) -
A community has a common informative configuration that knits people together.
Academic text (1995) -
Diasporas are defined, of course, by the cultural connections and flows that knit together a single geographically dispersed group.
Academic text (2003) -
Because public talk of all types—in the media or through public meetings or deliberations—can knit together the pieces of civil society and provide citizens with a public voice that can enhance governmental accountability.
Academic text (2003) -
Surely the goal to knit together the neighborhoods (the page mentions Crown Heights and Park Slope but, strangely enough, not Fort Greene and Prospect Heights) is a sound one.
Blog text (7) -
The community centers work hard to knit together the diverse cultures in the neighborhood.
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Through regular meetings and activities, the club aims to knit together its members' ideas and talents.
Synonyms
∞
2.1
To join people or things into one group for a shared purpose
∞
1.0
Connect two things so they become attached
278
1.1
Join two things so they form one piece
274
2.7
Join with others to work for the same goal
90
3.4
Keep parts or people joined and working as one
65
3.7
To bring people or things together into one group
62
3.5
To make cloth by crossing threads or to join things into a single piece
50
3.4
Gather people or things and organize them to reach a goal
38
1.2
To put people and things together by type or purpose
34
3.1
Join with other people to work together for a common purpose
26
5.9
To come together or bring things together
15
7.4
Come together to form one group or whole
10
3.6
To make people feel close and united
9
3.0
To join people, places, or things so they become connected
4
3.7
Brings people or things together into one group
3
6.2
To stick together to form one unit, like parts of a machine or ideas in a plan
3
3.4
To make a group feel part of the same community
1
3.5
To make people feel united by a shared goal or feeling
1
6.1
To come together and form one clear, organized whole
1
4.6
To join with others to reach a common goal
Antonyms
How United
192
3.2
2
3.9
∞
2.1
278
1.1
11
2.9
442
1.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents directly contribute to the composite meaning: 'knit' (to join closely) combined with 'together' (jointly) yields 'to unite or bind into a cohesive whole.' This is a straightforward verb + particle composition that a B1 learner who knows the words should be able to infer without prior exposure.
Etymology
Knit together comes from the image of kniting, where you loop threads so they hold together and form one piece of cloth. So, to knit together people or ideas means 'to unite' them closely, like stitches holding separate threads into one cloth.