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UNIFYING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unifying mean?
• UNIFYING (adjective)
The adjective UNIFYING has 2 senses:
1. combining into a single unit
2. tending to unify
Familiarity information: UNIFYING used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Combining into a single unit
Synonyms:
consolidative; unifying
Similar:
integrative (combining and coordinating diverse elements into a whole)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tending to unify
Synonyms:
centripetal; unifying
Similar:
centralising; centralizing (tending to draw to a central point)
Context examples
"Currently we have no grand unifying theory for how Earth evolved thermally," Stegman said.
(Earth's mantle, not its core, may have generated planet's early magnetic field, National Science Foundation)
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