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Vereinigen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • associate verb To connect one thing or idea with another in your mind.
  • coalesce verb To join into a single mass or whole.
  • conflate verb To combine or mix together.
  • consolidate verb To combine several things into one, stronger whole.
  • join verb To connect two or more things so they form a single unit.
  • subsume verb To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.
  • unify verb To bring separate parts together into one; to make unified.

Senses

Vereinigen is used for these senses in English:

  • associate (intransitive) To join in or form a league, union, or association.
  • coalescence The act of coalescing.
  • conflate (by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
  • conflate (by extension) To deliberately draw a false equivalence or association, typically in a tacit or implicit manner as propaganda and/or an intentional distortion or misrepresentation of the subject matter.
  • consolidate (ambitransitive) To combine into a single unit; to group together or join.
  • elide To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.
  • join (transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.
  • subsume (transitive) To consider an occurrence as part of a principle or rule.

associate — full definition

  1. verb To connect one thing or idea with another in your mind.
  2. verb To spend time with someone, or join with them as a partner or ally.
  3. noun A person you work with, especially a colleague, partner, or business contact.
  4. adj Joined with another person or group, often with a lower or partial level of status.

coalesce — full definition

  1. verb To join into a single mass or whole.
  2. verb To form from different pieces or elements.
  3. verb To bond pieces of metal into a continuous whole by liquefying parts of each piece, bringing the liquids into contact, and allowing the combined liquid to solidify.
  4. verb To merge, to intermingle freely.

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