{
    "term": "unite",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "unite",
            "heSheIt": "unites"
        },
        "pastSimple": "united",
        "pastParticiple": "united",
        "ingForm": "uniting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to join together with other people in order to do something as a group",
            "sensetop": "unite in somethingunite in doing somethingunite behind/against somebody/something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Nationalist parties united to oppose the government's plans."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Local resident groups have **united in opposition** to the plan.",
                    "contextForm": "unite in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We will unite in fighting crime.",
                    "contextForm": "unite in doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Will they unite behind the new leader?",
                    "contextForm": "unite behind/against somebody/something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make people or things join together to form a unit; to join together",
            "sensetop": "unite (somebody/something)unite (somebody/something) (with somebody/something)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A special bond unites our two countries.",
                    "contextForm": "unite (somebody/something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His aim was to unite Italy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two countries united in 1887."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She unites keen business skills with a charming personality.",
                    "contextForm": "unite (somebody/something) (with somebody/something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "uniting the North with the South"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/juˈnaɪt/",
                "audio": "un/unite/unite__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/juˈnaɪts/",
                "audio": "un/unite/unites__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/juˈnaɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "un/unite/united__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/juˈnaɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "un/unite/uniting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/juˈnaɪt/",
                "audio": "un/unite/unite__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/juˈnaɪts/",
                "audio": "un/unite/unites__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/juˈnaɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "un/unite/united__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/juˈnaɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "un/unite/uniting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin unit- ‘joined together’, from the verb unire, from unus ‘one’."
}