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unity

UK/ˈjuːnɪti/ US/-nə-/ fairly common

noun

1.
2.

the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

  • “he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it”
  • “they had lunch at one”
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3.

the quality of being united into one

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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • Aristotelian unity
  • classical unity
  • dramatic unity
  • partition of unity
  • root of unity
  • unity is strength
  • unity makes strength
  • unity of action

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