verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a Manchester United/Redsox/Colts etc fan
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Manchester United fans were delighted with their team’s victory.
present a united front (= show that they both feel the same about a situation )
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When disciplining children, it is important that parents present a united front .
stand united/divided (= agree or disagree completely )
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He urged the whole community to stand united and to reject terrorism.
unite a nation (= make everyone in a country agree )
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The crisis seemed to unite the nation.
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United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
behind
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Mainstream conservatives are pondering which single candidate they will unite behind to beat Buchanan.
■ NOUN
attempt
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This is a bold attempt to unite pragmatism and conventionalism.
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The Janata Dal was formed last year in an attempt to unite the national opposition.
church
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Indeed, the experience of institutional racism is one of the primary barriers to a united church .
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OnJune 10 the era of Asbury and his dream of a united church ended with this beginning of secession by Southerners.
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The experience of united churches bears witness to their greater freedom in mission.
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Or should the constantly growing number of united churches form a world body of their own?
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The decisive ex post facto evidence of the benefits of union must therefore come from the united churches themselves.
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Each arises in a special way in the pilgrimage toward a united church .
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Both are essential, since together they enable Christians to share a vision and an experience of a uniting church .
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Only then can they deal with the future structures of a united church .
country
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His post-electoral challenge will be to unite his country and embark upon a real process of democratisation.
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Boyer was a strong ruler who united the country until his ouster in 1843.
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The wall was long gone, the divided city was united like the country .
forces
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This was not a time to invent issues, but to unite our forces in dealing with the ones we had.
opposition
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Committed campaigning on progressive policies is a vehicle to unite people in opposition and for change.
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In terms of style they were united only by their opposition to the narrow interpretation of Socialist Realism in those years.
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He said his board was united in its opposition .
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The business community is not united in its opposition to moves for greater self-government.
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The Janata Dal was formed last year in an attempt to unite the national opposition .
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Councillors were united in their opposition to the plans.
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Most peace activists remained united by their continuing opposition to rearmament, if by little else.
party
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The Republicans have given the president his greatest gift of all: a united Democratic Party .
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Even if workers could solve their collective action problems and unite behind a socialist party , their electoral muscle would be insufficient.
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The confusion helped Clinton unite his own party , and both Democratic liberals and conservatives ultimately rallied to his banner.
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The blood sprinkled on the people and on the altar unites the two parties to the agreement.
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The pragmatic, careful Dole might be able to unite his party .
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There was indeed something bizarre about the idea that protection was the way to unite the Conservative Party .
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That has united the two major parties in opposition.
worker
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And no evidence exists of workers uniting to strike at several businesses at thesame time.
■ VERB
help
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Why should we join in and help them to unite against us?
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The confusion helped Clinton unite his own party, and both Democratic liberals and conservatives ultimately rallied to his banner.
present
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It was not expected to be waterproof, although obviously in combination with the mortar it should present a united front.
stand
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They would have to stand united against counter-actions by the world's financial powers.
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On these points the black community stood united .
try
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Elaborate analysis of the data has tried to unite these discrepant theories.
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The two cities also are trying to make their united voice felt in the planning of border crossings.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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the continental United States
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If 5 percent of the continental United States is covered by water, the rest might be covered by Willow Bay.
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On the back wall of the produce shed hangs a schoolroom map of the continental United States.
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Seattle sits on a fault caused by a plate sliding under the continental United States.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a speech in which he asked America to unite behind the new President
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In 1960, British and Italian Somaliland united to form Somalia.
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Police chiefs called on the local people to unite against the drug dealers.
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President Clinton's rousing speech united the Democrats.
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She and Picasso had always been friends, but now they shared a secret that united them even more.
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Various political and religions groups united to oppose the dictatorship.
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We are united by a common language and culture.
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What united the two groups was their hatred of fascism in all its forms.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Uniting against globalisation is not the same as uniting against capitalism.
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He came not to lead or star but to unite , to smooth over the fight between right and left.
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Quarks unite to form protons, neutrons and electrons, which in turn unite to form atoms.
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Regeneration schemes have come and gone in Liverpool, but at least this one has succeeded in uniting the main players.
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Thatcher can be beaten, if opposition parties unite at the next General Election and campaign now!
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What is supposed to unite would in fact divide.