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unir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • conflate verb To combine or mix together.
  • convene verb To come together, or to call people together, for a meeting.
  • 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

  1. verb To combine or mix together.
  2. verb To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
  3. verb 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.

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