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

There emerges a unified call for change that highlights the inadequacy of current U.S. policies. —Kazem Kazerounian, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024

Macy’s will feature a weekly countdown celebrating Summer’s Greatest Hits via unified storytelling across digital, social and in-store moments. —Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 20 June 2024

On the Buckingham Palace balcony, the Princess of Wales exchanged loving glances with her husband, Prince William, and proudly reveled in her three children as the family of five struck a unified look in their coordinated ensembles. —Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024

Amazon’s response almost immediately ran into trouble, as various teams within Alexa and AWS failed to coalesce around a unified plan. —Paolo Confino, Fortune, 13 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing unified

• grand unified theory