unification
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4.8
- noun
- /ˌjunɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
integración
- A recent poll indicates that three-quarters of Americans are favorably disposed to German unification, and a majority of Americans support the maintenance of current levels of U.S. forces in Europe.
- monetary unification
Examples
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Google promised better unification with Ice Cream Sandwich to tackle fragmentation and varying Android experiences across devices.
Blog text (24) -
In founding the Friedrich Wilhelm University in 1809, Humboldt employed administrative unification to make Berlin a powerful academic center.
Academic text (1990) -
The political, legal, and professional structures of the world, however, have not kept pace with the technological unification of the universe.
Academic text (1992) -
The following two documents reflect many of the most important foreign policy aspects of German unification as they unfolded this past year.
Academic text (1990) -
More recently, immigrants have been successful in taking advantage of the family unification provisions of the 1965 Immigration Act.
Academic text (1999) -
Finally, it is not true that fixed exchange rates would bring Europe closer to monetary unification.
Academic text (1990) -
Once fixed exchange rates are attained, the report maintains, monetary unification will be completed.
Academic text (1990) -
James Clerk Maxwell achieved a similar "unification" in the 1860s, when he showed that electricity and magnetism are different manifestations of a more fundamental interaction, electromagnetism.
Academic text (2002) -
The Clinton Administration believes that NAFTA, together with the legalization provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and the "family unification" provisions of IMMACT 90, will greatly reduce illegal immigration.
Academic text (1996) -
The unification of multiple databases into a single system improved data accuracy for the company.
Synonyms
43
5.5
To join several groups or parts together to make one stronger unit
6
7.5
A joining of two or more groups into one
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3.7
Brings people or things together into one group
3
3.5
The joining of separate people, groups, or companies into one
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3.0
The act of joining two or more things into one
Joining two or more things to make one
Bringing parts together into one complete whole
Antonyms
- Offensive
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5.3
The act of separating people or things into different groups, often by law
Compounds
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9.2
A religious group from South Korea started by Sun Myung Moon that mixes Christian ideas and holds large group weddings
How Unified
- Specialized
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4.8
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3.2
- Specialized
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4.2
- Specialized
- Jargon
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word unification comes from the parts uni- 'one' and a part meaning 'to make', just like in unit or unite. In technology this idea means merging many records or sources into a single, consistent profile or dataset, which is why unification is used for creating one view from many.