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UNITED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to two people who are married to each other
Synonyms:
joined; united
Classified under:
Similar:
married (joined in matrimony)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity
Example:
presented a united front
Classified under:
Similar:
nonsegmental; unsegmented (having a body that is not divided into segments)
unpartitioned (not divided by partitions)
undivided (not parted by conflict of opinion)
tied (bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection)
suprasegmental (pertaining to a feature of speech that extends over more than a single speech sound)
one; unitary (having the indivisible character of a unit)
in league ((usually followed by 'with') united in effort as if in a league)
incorporate; incorporated; integrated; merged; unified (formed or united into a whole)
federate; federated (united under a central government)
conjunct (bound in close association)
conjugate; conjugated; coupled (joined together especially in a pair or pairs)
cohesive (cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated)
coalescent; coalescing (growing together, fusing)
amalgamate; amalgamated; coalesced; consolidated; fused (joined together into a whole)
allied; confederate; confederative (united in a confederacy or league)
agreed; in agreement (united by being of the same opinion)
Also:
joint (united or combined)
integrated (not segregated; designated as available to all races or groups)
collective (forming a whole or aggregate)
Antonym:
divided (separated into parts or pieces)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb unite
Context examples:
They had always looked upon them as a very united couple.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other being in existence; but his state was far different from mine in every other respect.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Hence, no doubt the bond that united him to Mr. Richard Enfield, his distant kinsman, the well-known man about town.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
With a united effort we tore off the coffin-lid.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The man of God and the man of the sword might without scandal be united in the same individual.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Made or joined or united into one or involving the joint activity of two or more.
(Combined, NCI Thesaurus)
Together they would come at night to the cellar, and their united force would suffice to raise the stone.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
When they came to a quiet corner, they united and held a council of war.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It was an old rickety door and gave at once before our united strength.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
SIR JAMES OVINGTON’S carriage was waiting without, and in it the Avon family, so tragically separated and so strangely re-united, were borne away to the squire’s hospitable home.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
