UNITED


Meaning of UNITED in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a Manchester United/Redsox/Colts etc fan

Manchester United fans were delighted with their team’s victory.

present a united front (= show that they both feel the same about a situation )

When disciplining children, it is important that parents present a united front .

stand united/divided (= agree or disagree completely )

He urged the whole community to stand united and to reject terrorism.

United Nations

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

more

Yet it makes the right more united , on paper, than at any time since it lost office three years ago.

■ NOUN

action

Support within the Labour Party for united action with the Communist Party slackened considerably after the results of the trials become known.

In 1890 a chance arose for united action but even here divisions remained.

This decision started rather than ended the controversy about united action .

Its circular of 12 January drawing attention to the decisions against united action taken at Southport, had been ignored.

front

McCord's revelations led to the first crack in the united front amongst Nixon's officials.

Instead, there will be attempts to paper over the chasms and put on a united front for the sake of appearances.

A united front was to be formed with the Nationalists.

But in the face of the enemy they presented a united front .

You need to present a united front and avoid taking sides or playing one child off against the other.

The powers' united front broke down and the crisis lasted two years.

However this must not mean that the application of the united front from above is thereby excluded from our activities.

Surely that's showing a united front ?

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

the United Nations

the continental United States

If 5 percent of the continental United States is covered by water, the rest might be covered by Willow Bay.

On the back wall of the produce shed hangs a schoolroom map of the continental United States.

Seattle sits on a fault caused by a plate sliding under the continental United States.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Nations of the world must present a united front against terrorists.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Its circular of 12 January drawing attention to the decisions against united action taken at Southport, had been ignored.

Not all of them enjoyed full sovereignty nor were very united or coherent in structure.

Primates and prelates exercised political power most effectively when they were moving in support of magnate opposition; against united barons they were impotent.

Successive opinion polls in recent years have found only around 10% overall in favour of a united Ireland under present circumstances.

The Mission finished with a united service in York Minster which again was packed to capacity.

The north, moreover, was not only united but united behind the king since Gloucester was pre-eminently the king's man.

We were a pretty united and single-minded committee until the Admiral fouled things up.

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