What does unite mean?
Word: Unite
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Unite means to come together so that people or things act as one group.
Synonyms: join, combine
Antonyms: separate
How do you spell unite?
Syllables: u - nite
Tricky part: Unite ends in ite with a silent e, the same as bite and kite, so there is no igh as in night.
Watch out for: unight, unait, unyte
Memory tip: Unite ends just like kite: picture two kites on one string, flying together as one.
Unite in a sentence
Example 1: The two teams will unite to clean the park.
Example 2: Holidays unite families who live far apart.
Example 3: Let us unite and raise money for the school library.
Fun Fact
The United Kingdom, the United States and the United Nations all have united, a form of unite, in their names.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
unite
a) divide
b) gather
c) link
d) connect
Show answer
a) divide. To unite is to bring together; to divide is to split apart.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) cooprate
b) togather
c) unite
d) frendship
Show answer
c) unite. Unite is right; togather, frendship and cooprate each have a letter wrong or missing.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The two villages agreed to yunite and dig one big well.
a) well
b) agreed
c) yunite
d) villages
Show answer
c) yunite. The u at the start already says you, so no y is needed.
Word Makeup
Choose the prefix that completes the word: unite
a) ra
b) ree
c) re
d) ri
Show answer
c) re. To reunite is to bring people together again, and the prefix is re, as in rebuild.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which sentence shows people uniting?
a) The two clubs argued and ran separate fairs.
b) The two clubs closed down for the summer.
c) The two clubs teamed up to run one fair.
d) The two clubs both changed their names.
Show answer
c) The two clubs teamed up to run one fair.
2. Unite and untie use the same letters. Pick the word for the gap: Can you ____ this knot in my shoelace?
a) invite
b) unite
c) ignite
d) untie
Show answer
d) untie
