unification

/ˈjunəfəˌkeɪʃən/

/junɪfɪˈkeɪʃɛn/

Other forms: unifications

Unification describes the bringing together of two or more things so they become a single unit. If your marriage turns your feuding families into one big happy group, you pulled off a unification that would make Romeo and Juliet jealous.

Unification comes from the word unify, which traces back to the Middle French word unifier, meaning "to make into one." Unification often happens in the corporate world, and you might have heard the term merger used to describe this process. If two or more companies decide to become a single company in order to benefit their business, they must first go through a legal process to complete the unification.

Definitions of unification

1. noun

   the act of making or becoming a single unit
   “he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays”

   synonyms: conjugation, jointure, union, uniting

   types:

   coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination

   the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts

   reunification, reunion

   the act of coming together again

   tribalisation, tribalization

   the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis

   umbrella

   having the function of uniting a group of similar things

   homecoming

   an annual school or university reunion for graduates

   type of:

   combination, combining, compounding

   the act of combining things to form a new whole
2. noun

   an occurrence that involves the production of a union
   synonyms: fusion, merger

   type of:

   union

   the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
3. noun

   the state of being joined or united or linked
   synonyms: union

   types:

   coalition, fusion

   the state of being combined into one body

   connectedness, connection, intersectionality, link

   the state of being connected

   colligation, conjugation, conjunction, junction

   the state of being joined together

   association

   the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination

   marriage

   a close and intimate union

   syncretism

   the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy)

   anastomosis, inosculation

   a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous

   synapse

   the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle

   alliance, confederation

   the state of being allied or confederated

   federalisation, federalization

   the state of being under federal control

   contact

   the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity

   concatenation

   the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series

   interconnectedness, interconnection

   a state of being connected reciprocally

   coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness

   the state of cohering or sticking together

   type of:

   state

   the way something is with respect to its main attributes