unir — meaning in English
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English meaning
- conflate verb To bring two or more things together as one.
- convene verb To come together, or to call people together, for a meeting.
- elide verb To leave out or omit something.
- join verb To connect two or more things so they form a single unit.
- merge verb To combine two or more things into one.
- unite verb To bring together as one; to join.
- yoke noun A wooden bar or frame joining two draught animals, such as oxen, at the neck so they can pull a plough or cart together.
Senses
unir is used for these senses in English:
- 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.
- convene (transitive) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke; to summon.
- elide To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.
- join (transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.
- unite (transitive) To bring together as one.
- yoke To be or become connected, linked, or united in a relationship; to have dealings with.
conflate — full definition
- verb To bring two or more things together as one.
- verb To wrongly treat two different things as if they were the same.
- verb To link two things together on purpose to create a false impression.
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