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

What are needed are credible security guarantees, robust offensive and defensive capabilities and a unified, long-term commitment by the West to ensure deterrence isn’t an elusive goal, but a lasting reality. —Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 2026

Lawmakers who spoke Tuesday were universally effusive about the possibilities of a stadium in Northwest Indiana, with politicians from both sides of the aisle lavishing praise on each other and on Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston (R-Fishers) for a strong, unified approach to the legislation. —Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026

What’s clever here is unified power management. —Stefan Ionescu february 24, New Atlas, 24 Feb. 2026

But focusing exclusively on the external threat from Iran ignores the internal threat Netanyahu’s government poses to Israel and its standing as a rule-of-law democracy and unified society. —Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing unified

• grand unified theory

Rhymes for unified

• actinide
• aldehyde
• alkoxide
• alongside
• amplified
• arsenide
• beautified
• biocide
• butoxide
• calcified
• ceramide
• certified