unified

adjective

uni·​fied ˈyü-nə-ˌfīd 

: brought together as one

Although police subculture is often treated as a unified and coherent whole, it is, in fact, riven by conflict and contradictions in normative orders.

—Steve Herbert

For the rebels, loss of these bases was not only tactical but also factional: members of what had been considered a unified ethnic group and the core of the rebel movements in Burma could no longer maintain their group integrity.

—Curtis N. Thomson

As it is, the fact of a single unified sovereignty ensures that these regions must remain persistently stunted relative to those of central Japan.

—Jane Jacobs

In fact, our culture is not one unified system but rather consists of competing systems …

—Thomas McLaughlin

Examples of unified in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Collaborating With Regulators And Industry Peers Industry-wide efforts are required to build a unified defense against deepfakes. —Pankaj Vasani, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024

Another was revealing the math that would show nature’s multiple fundamental forces to be just different offspring of one unified force. —Tom Siegfried, JSTOR Daily, 19 Dec. 2024

For the most part, the pair have made a unified effort to create a home that reflects the calm of its surroundings. —Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 19 Dec. 2024

Trump has de facto control of all three branches of government, with a unified majority in Congress and a conservative Supreme Court. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing unified

• grand unified theory