What does "unity" mean?
Oneness: the state or fact of being one undivided entity.
Unity
/ˈjuːnɪti/ name, noun
name, noun ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Oneness: the state or fact of being one undivided entity.
- Grammar: unity is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: one, oneness, wholeness, togetherness.
- Useful contrasts: academic disunity, fragmented school community, ideological clash.
- Usage evidence: The EU's unity is gradually becoming shakier.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Oneness: the state or fact of being one undivided entity. uncountable
"Near-synonyms: unification, unionization, integration"
- 2 the quality of being united into one wordnet
- 3 Agreement; harmony. countable, uncountable
- 4 the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number wordnet
- 5 A single undivided thing, seen as complete in itself. countable, uncountable
"If a single day has brought us two or more experiences suitable to initiate a dream, the dream will unite references to them both into a single whole; it obeys a compulsion to form a unity [translating Einheit] out of them."
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- 6 an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting wordnet
- 7 Any of the three classical rules of drama: unity of action (nothing should be admitted not directly relevant to the development of the plot), unity of place (the scenes should be set in the same place), and unity of time (all the events should be such as might happen within a single day). countable, uncountable
- 8 The number 1 or any element of a set or field that behaves under a given operation as the number 1 behaves under multiplication. countable, uncountable
"the cube roots of unity"
- 9 The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy. countable, uncountable
- 10 The form of consensus in a Quaker meeting for business which signals that a decision has been reached. In order to achieve unity, everyone who does not agree with the decision must explicitly stand aside, possibly being recorded in the minutes as doing so. Quakerism, countable, uncountable
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name from English.
"Hitler, it seemed, had two engagements in Munich that day; one was a visit with Unity Mitford, a Nazi sympathizer belonging to the well-known British Mitford family, who was recovering in a Munich hospital from an attempted suicide."
- 2 A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- 3 An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Georgia.
- 4 An unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois, also known as Hodges Park Station.
- 5 A small unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky.
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- 6 A town and census-designated place in Waldo County, Maine.
- 7 An unorganized territory in Kennebec County, Maine.
- 8 An unincorporated community in Scotland County, Missouri.
- 9 A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
- 10 An unincorporated community in Adams County, Ohio.
- 11 An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.
- 12 A tiny city in Baker County, Oregon.
- 13 An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
- 14 A small town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
- 15 A village in Clark County and Marathon County, Wisconsin, located partly within the town of Unity.
- 16 A small town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
- 17 A state of South Sudan.
Antonyms
academic disunityfragmented school communityideological clashindependent factions
Example
"The EU's unity is gradually becoming shakier."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "unity"?
Common synonyms include: one, oneness, wholeness, togetherness, 1, accord.
How do you use "unity" in a sentence?
The EU's unity is gradually becoming shakier.
How do you pronounce "unity"?
Pronounced /ˈjuːnɪti/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Etymology tree Middle English unite English unity From Middle English unite, from Anglo-Norman, Old French unité, from Latin ūnitās, from ūnus (“one”) + noun of state suffix -itās, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”), hence distantly related to one and an. By surface analysis, unite + -y. Displaced native Old English ānnes (literally “oneness”).
Etymology 2
Majuscule letter version of unity.