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unity

[ yoo-ni-tee ]

noun

plural unities.
  1. the state of being one; oneness.

    Synonyms: , ,

    Antonyms: ,

  2. a whole or totality as combining all its parts into one.
  3. the state or fact of being united or combined into one, as of the parts of a whole; unification.
  4. absence of diversity; unvaried or uniform character.
  5. oneness of mind, feeling, etc., as among a number of persons; concord, harmony, or agreement.

    Synonyms: ,

  6. Mathematics.
    1. the number one; a quantity regarded as one.
  7. (in literature and art) a relation of all the parts or elements of a work constituting a harmonious whole and producing a single general effect.
  8. one of the three principles of dramatic structure the three unities derived from Aristotelian aesthetics and formalized in the neoclassic canon in which a play is required to represent action as taking place in one day unity of time, as occurring within one place unity of place, and as having a single plot with a beginning, middle, and end unity of action.


unity

/ ˈːɪɪ /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being one; oneness
  2. the act, state, or quality of forming a whole from separate parts
  3. something whole or complete that is composed of separate parts
  4. mutual agreement; harmony or concord

    the participants were no longer in unity

  5. uniformity or constancy

    unity of purpose

  6. maths
    1. the number or numeral one
    2. a quantity assuming the value of one

      the area of the triangle was regarded as unity

    3. the element of a set producing no change in a number following multiplication
  7. the arrangement of the elements in a work of art in accordance with a single overall design or purpose
  8. any one of the three principles of dramatic structure deriving from Aristotle's Poetics by which the action of a play should be limited to a single plot (unity of action), a single location (unity of place), and the events of a single day (unity of time)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ԴDz·n·ٲ noun plural nonunities
  • -n·ٲ noun
  • p·n·ٲ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unity1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English unite, from Old French, from Latin ūԾ, from ū(ܲ) one + - -ity
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unity1

C13: from Old French ܲԾé, from Latin ūԾ, from ūԳܲ one
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Synonym Study

See union.
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Example Sentences

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Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

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But what they did bring was unity and team spirit.

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That sense of unity is now long gone.

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Viewed as among the more progressive popes, he had the difficult task of maintaining Church unity in a changing world.

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When the conservative wing ignored the pope, Francis warned that going forward with the Communion document would become “a source of discord rather than unity.”

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