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unity

noun
SayYOO-ni-tee/ˈjunɪti/UK/ˈjuːnɪti/

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7 meanings of unity

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  1. 1
    noununcountable
    The state of being one whole thing instead of many separate parts.

    Like a finished puzzle: many pieces, but one picture.

    The story has a strong unity, with every chapter working as part of one whole.

    The unity of the country was tested when half its people wanted to split away.

    Similaroneness, wholeness, coherence, cohesion, integrity

    Oppositedisunity, division, fragmentation

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  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    A situation where people agree and work well together.

    Like a team where everyone works toward the same goal.

    The neighbors worked in unity to clean up the park after the storm.

    There was little unity in the family about where to spend the vacation.

    Similarharmony, solidarity, agreement, accord, consensus

    Oppositedisunity, discord, division, disagreement

  3. 3
    nouncountable or uncountable
    One complete thing that is whole in itself and not divided into parts.

    To the dancers, the music and the movement form a single unity.

    Body and mind work together as a unity, not as two separate things.

    Similarwhole, entity

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  4. 4
    nouncountable or uncountable
    In math, another name for the number one.

    Any number multiplied by unity stays the same.

    The fractions add up to unity, which means they make one whole.

    Similarone, identity

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  5. 5
    nouncountable or uncountable
    One of three old rules for plays about keeping one story, one place and one day.

    The play follows the unity of time, so everything happens in a single day.

    Our teacher said the writer broke the unity of place by jumping between three cities.

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  6. 6
    nouncountable or uncountable
    In a Quaker meeting, the moment when the group accepts a decision together.

    After a long silence, the clerk said the meeting had reached unity on the new roof.

    Two members did not agree, so they stood aside, and the group still found unity.

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  7. 7
    nouncountable or uncountable
    In law, the special features shared by people who own property together as joint owners.

    The lawyer explained that the sisters' shared house had the unity needed for joint ownership.

    Without unity of ownership, the brothers could not hold the farm together under one title.

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Origin

From Latin ūnitās, from ūnus meaning "one." It came into English through French.