noun
1. the combination of two or more commercial companies
• Syn: ↑amalgamation, ↑merger
• Hypernyms: ↑consolidation, ↑integration
2. the act of making or becoming a single unit
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the union of opposing factions
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he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays
• Syn: ↑union, ↑unification, ↑conjugation, ↑jointure
• Derivationally related forms: ↑join (for: ↑jointure), ↑unite, ↑unify (for: ↑unification), ↑unite (for: ↑union)
• Hypernyms: ↑combination, ↑combining, ↑compounding
• Hyponyms:
↑coalescence, ↑coalescency, ↑coalition, ↑concretion, ↑conglutination, ↑reunion, ↑reunification, ↑tribalization, ↑tribalisation, ↑umbrella
Useful english dictionary. 2012.