UNITED


Meaning of UNITED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ju:naɪtɪd ]

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

When people are united about something, they agree about it and act together.

Every party is united on the need for parliamentary democracy...

A united effort is always more effective than an isolated complaint.

ADJ

2.

United is used to describe a country which has been formed from two or more states or countries.

...the first elections to be held in a united Germany for fifty eight years.

ADJ

3.

United is used in the names of countries which are made up from several states or smaller countries.

...the United States of America.

ADJ : ADJ n , in names

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