Separate and Unite

Opposite meaning words

Separate verb - To set or force apart.

Usage example: we tried to separate the gluey pages, but they were stuck tight

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Unite is an antonym for separate in topics: distinguish, come apart, isolate, keep or set apart, part company in a romantic.

Unite verb - To come together to form a single unit.

Usage example: using the microscope, we watched the water droplets unite into a single pool

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Separate is an antonym for unite in topics: share, combine.

Nearby Words: unity, uniting

humanity	separate humanity	unite humanity
life	separate life	unite life
children	separate children	unite children
couple	separate couple	unite couple
Other words: humans, enemies, heroes.

The trope is played a little, though; the stories start separated, then unite, and then separate again.

Source: Webcomic / M Yth
The Screen Behind the Mirror received negative critical reaction for sampling Carl Orff's "O Fortuna" from his work Carmina Burana across four separate songs, to thematically unite the album.

Source: Music / Enigma
They're all about cosmic cycles, "star-forging", and re-creating themselves out of separate species that they engineer and eventually unite.

Source: Sufficiently Advanced Alien

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