different between append vs unite

English

Etymology

From Latin appendere (“to hang up, suspend on, pay out”), via Old French apendre, appendre, via Middle English appenden; from ad (“on, upon, against”) + pendere (“to suspend, hang”), equivalent to ad- +? pend. Compare with Old English appenden, apenden (“to belong”). See also pendant.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??p?nd/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd
• Homophone: upend

Verb

append (third-person singular simple present appends, present participle appending, simple past and past participle appended)

1. (transitive) To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended

2. (transitive) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex

3. (computing) To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object.

Derived terms

• appendage
• prepend

Translations

Noun

append (plural appends)

1. (computing) An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.

References

• append in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• napped

French

Verb

append

1. third-person singular present indicative of appendre

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?n?tus, perfect passive participle of ?ni?.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: yo?o-n?t?, yo?o-, IPA^(key): /ju?na?t/, /j??na?t/, [ju??na???], [ju??na??(?)t?], [j??na???], [j??na??(?)t?], [j??na???], [j??na??(?)t?]
• Rhymes: -a?t
• Hyphenation: u?nite

Verb

unite (third-person singular simple present unites, present participle uniting, simple past and past participle united)

1. (transitive) To bring together as one.

2. (reciprocal) To come together as one.

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Translations

Noun

unite (plural unites)

1. (Britain, historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, first produced during the reign of King James I, and bearing a legend indicating the king's intention of uniting the kingdoms of England and Scotland.
   • 1968, Seaby's coin and medal bulletin (issues 593-604, page 198)

     Occasionally Scots and Irish coins are also found. The gold hoards consist entirely of crown gold unites, half unites and quarter unites from the reigns of James I and Charles I.

Anagrams

• untie

Interlingua

Adjective

unite (not comparable)

1. united

Participle

unite

1. past participle of unir

Italian

Verb

unite

1. second-person plural present indicative of unire
2. second-person plural imperative of unire
3. plural of unito

Anagrams

• tenui

Latin

Verb

?n?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?ni?