unite : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States
  Attorney General.
  
  • the post of Attorney General was created in 1789

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• noun the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
  Greater London; British capital; London.
  

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• noun the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
  Washington D.C.; Washington; American capital.
  

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Co`-u*nite" transitive verb

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1. To unite. Obs.

Co`-u*nite" adjective

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1. United closely with another. Obs.

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• noun the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states
  Constitution of the United States; U.S. Constitution; Constitution; US Constitution.
  

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• noun the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River
  East.
  

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• noun a Methodist denomination
  

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• noun the United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture
  FAO; Food and Agriculture Organization.
  

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• noun the seal of the United States government
  

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• noun a violent terrorist group organized in the 1980s and advocating the overthrow of the Chilean military government; leaders are mainly criminals or impoverished youths
  Lautaro Youth Movement; Lautaro Popular Rebel Forces.
  

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• noun the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)
  middle west; Midwest.
  

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• noun the northeastern region of the United States
  Northeast.
  

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• noun the northwestern region of the United States
  Northwest.
  

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• noun the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government
  President; President of the United States; Chief Executive.
  
  • the President likes to jog every morning
• noun the office of the United States head of state
  President; Chief Executive.
  
  • a President is elected every four years

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• noun a terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone; seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions; responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atrocities; sponsored by the president of Liberia
  RUF.
  

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• noun the southeastern region of the United States
  Southeast.
  

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• noun the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado
  Southwest.
  

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• noun the highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation
  Supreme Court; Supreme Court of the United States.
  

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• noun the basic unit of money in the United Arab Emirates; equal to 1,000 fils
  dirham.
  

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• noun monetary unit in the United Arab Emirates
  

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• noun a federation of seven Arab emirates on the eastern Arabian peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; rich in oil reserves
  

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• noun a sheikhdom of eastern Arabia and capital of the United Arab Emirates
  Abu Dhabi.
  

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• noun a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC
  Egypt; Arab Republic of Egypt.
  

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• noun merger of the Congregational Christian Church and the Evangelical and Reformed Church in 1957
  

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• noun a multiethnic alliance in Afghanistan who practice a moderate form of Islam and are united in their opposition to the Taliban
  Northern Alliance.
  

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• noun a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
  U.K.; Great Britain; Britain; UK; United Kingdom.
  

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• noun a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
  U.K.; Great Britain; Britain; UK; United Kingdom.
  

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• noun union of the Wesleyan Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church
  

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• noun a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810
  Mexico.
  

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• noun an industrial union of mine workers in North America
  United Mine Workers.
  

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• noun an industrial union of mine workers in North America
  United Mine Workers.
  

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• noun an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
  UN.
  

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• noun an agency of the United Nations
  UN agency.
  

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• noun an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries
  United Nations Children's Fund; UNICEF.
  

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• noun the United Nations office responsible for crime prevention and criminal justice and law reform
  Centre for International Crime Prevention.
  

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• noun a day for celebrating the founding of the United Nations
  October 24.
  

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• noun an agency of the United Nations that promotes education and communication and the arts
  UNESCO.
  

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• noun an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries
  United Nations Children's Fund; UNICEF.
  

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• noun an agency of the United Nations that promotes drug control and crime prevention
  DCCP.
  

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• noun the administrative arm of the United Nations
  

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• noun a republic in eastern Africa
  Tanzania.
  

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• noun a terrorist organization in Colombia formed in 1997 as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups; is financed by earnings from narcotics and serves to protect the economic interests of its members
  United Self-Defense Force of Colombia; AUC; Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia.
  
  • the AUC conducted over 800 assassinations in one year

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• noun a terrorist organization in Colombia formed in 1997 as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups; is financed by earnings from narcotics and serves to protect the economic interests of its members
  United Self-Defense Force of Colombia; AUC; Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia.
  
  • the AUC conducted over 800 assassinations in one year

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• noun a celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States
  Shakers.
  

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• noun North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
  USA; the States; U.S.A.; U.S.; United States; US; America.
  
• noun the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States
  U.S.; United States; US Government; U.S. government.
  

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• noun the airforce of the United States of America; the agency that defends the United States through control and exploitation of air and space
  US Air Force; USAF; U. S. Air Force; Air Force.
  

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• noun a school for training men and women to become officers in the United States Air Force
  US Air Force Academy.
  

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• noun the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare
  Army; U. S. Army; USA; US Army.
  

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• noun a defense laboratory of the Criminal Investigation Command; the United States Army's primary forensic laboratory in support of criminal intelligence
  US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory; U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory; USACIL.
  

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• noun a specially trained elite unit of the United States Army
  

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• noun a division of the United States Army that is specially trained for guerilla fighting
  Special Forces; U. S. Army Special Forces.
  

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• noun the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department
  Attorney General; US Attorney General.
  
  • Edmund Randolph was the first Attorney General, appointed by President Washington

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• noun the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States
  US Border Patrol.
  

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• noun a board to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United States constitution does not provide for the cabinet
  US Cabinet.
  

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• noun civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865
  American Civil War; War between the States.
  

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• noun an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce
  U. S. Coast Guard; US Coast Guard.
  

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• noun a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States; is prepared and published by a unit of the United States House of Representatives
  U. S. Code.
  

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• noun the legislature of the United States government
  US Congress; Congress; U.S. Congress.
  

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• noun the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states
  Constitution of the United States; U.S. Constitution; Constitution; US Constitution.
  

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• noun the system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint that dates back to colonial America but differs in some respects from the British Imperial System; today in the United States this system exists side by side with the SI system
  

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• noun the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
  Defense Department; Defense; DoD; Department of Defense.
  

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• noun the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies
  DoS; State Department; State; Department of State.
  
  • the Department of State was created in 1789

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• noun the basic unit of money in the United States
  

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• noun a unit of measurement of capacity for dry substances officially adopted in the United States Customary System
  

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• noun an agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife and their habitats; assesses the environmental impact of pesticides and nuclear power site and hydroelectric dams and thermal pollution
  US Fish and Wildlife Service; FWS.
  

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• noun the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States
  U.S.; United States; US Government; U.S. government.
  

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• noun an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States
  GAO; Government Accounting Office.
  

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• noun an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government
  Government Printing Office; GPO; US Government Printing Office.
  

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• noun the lower legislative house of the United States Congress
  House of Representatives; US House; U.S. House of Representatives; US House of Representatives; U.S. House.
  

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• noun an intelligence service in the United States
  

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• noun a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence
  Intelligence Community; National Intelligence Community; IC.
  

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• noun a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System
  

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• noun an amphibious division of the United States Navy
  Marine Corps; US Marine Corps; USMC; United States Marine Corps.
  

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• noun an amphibious division of the United States Navy
  Marine Corps; US Marine Corps; USMC; United States Marine Corps.
  

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• noun the United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal judicial system
  US Marshals Service; Marshals.
  

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• noun a school for training men and women to become officers in the United States Army
  US Military Academy.
  

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• noun the mint that manufactures and distributes United States coins for circulation through Federal Reserve Banks; processes gold and silver bullion
  US Mint; U.S. Mint.
  

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• noun the world's largest medical library
  National Library of Medicine; U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  

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• noun a school for training men and women to become officers in the United States Navy
  US Naval Academy.
  

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• noun the navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces
  US Navy; USN; Navy.
  

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• noun North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
  USA; the States; U.S.A.; U.S.; United States; US; America.
  

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• noun an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States
  PO; US Post Office; Post Office.
  

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• noun the primary law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service
  US Postal Inspection Service.
  

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• noun an independent federal agency that provides mail processing and delivery service for individuals and businesses in the United States
  US Postal Service; USPS.
  

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• noun the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government
  President; President of the United States; Chief Executive.
  
  • the President likes to jog every morning

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• noun an agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General; includes agencies whose mission is to improve the public health
  PHS.
  

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• noun the United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors; detects and apprehends counterfeiters; suppresses forgery of government securities and documents
  SS; USSS; US Secret Service; Secret Service.
  

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• noun the upper house of the United States Congress
  Senate; US Senate; U.S. Senate.
  

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• noun the highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation
  Supreme Court; Supreme Court of the United States.
  

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• noun the executive agency that administers the President's policies on international trade
  US Trade Representative.
  

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• noun the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789
  Treasury; Department of the Treasury; Treasury Department.
  

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• noun more than 130 southeastern Virgin Islands; a dependent territory of the United States
  American Virgin Islands; VI.
  

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• noun territorial waters included within a distance of 12 nautical miles of the coasts of the United States and its territories
  U.S. waters.
  
  • ships operating in United States waters must adhere to United States laws and regulations

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• noun the vice president of the United States who presides over the United States Senate
  

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• noun the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River
  West.
  

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