unity

u·ni·ty  (yn-t)

n. pl. u·ni·ties

1. The state or quality of being one; singleness.

2. The state or quality of being in accord; harmony.

3.

a. The combination or arrangement of parts into a whole; unification.

b. A combination or union thus formed.

4. Singleness or constancy of purpose or action; continuity: "In an army you need unity of purpose" Emmeline Pankhurst.

5.

a. An ordering of all elements in a work of art or literature so that each contributes to a unified aesthetic effect.

b. The effect thus produced.

6. One of the three principles of dramatic structure derived by French neoclassicists from Aristotle's Poetics, stating that a drama should have but one plot, which should take place in a single day and be confined to a single locale.

7. Mathematics

a. The number 1.

b. See identity element.

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[Middle English unite, from Old French, from Latin nits, from nus, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots.]

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unity

Noun

pl -ties

1. the state of being one

2. mutual agreement: unity of intention

3. the state of being a single thing that is composed of separate parts, organizations, etc.: moves towards church unity

4. Maths the number or numeral one [Latin unus one]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	unity - an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting; "the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development"; "he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia" integrity, wholeness state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" completeness - the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed incompleteness, rawness - the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect; "the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research"; "the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable"
	2.	unity - 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" 1, ace, one, single, I digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits" monas, monad - a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive singleton - a single object (as distinguished from a pair)
	3.	unity - the quality of being united into one oneness identicalness, indistinguishability, identity - exact sameness; "they shared an identity of interests"

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unity

noun 1. union, unification, coalition, federation, integration, confederation, amalgamation

noun 2. wholeness, integrity, oneness, union, unification, entity, singleness, undividedness << OPPOSITE disunity

noun 3. agreement, accord, consensus, peace, harmony, solidarity, unison, assent, unanimity, concord, concurrence << OPPOSITE disagreement

Translations

unity [ˈjuːnɪtɪ] n → unidad f

unity [ˈjuːnɪtɪ] n → unité f

unity [ˈjuːnɪtɪ] n → Einheit f

unity [ˈjuːnɪtɪ] n → unità

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unity

n unity [ˈjuːnəti]

1 the state of being united or in agreement When will men learn to live in unity with each other? eenparigheid, eenheid وَحْدَه، إتِّفاق единство shoda enighed; harmoni die Eintracht ενότητα, ομόνοια unidad üksmeel سازگاری؛ همبستگی yksimielisyys unité אַחדוּת एकता jedinstvo egyetértés samstaða, samheldni unità 一致 vienybė, vieningumas, sutarimas vienotība; saderība perpaduan eenheid enhet, enighet zgoda, harmonia unidade unitate согласие zhoda sloga jedinstvo endräkt ความสามัคคี birlik, bütünlük 統一 єдність; єднання اتحاد sự thống nhất 统一

2 singleness, or the state of being one complete whole Unity of design in his pictures is this artist's main aim. eenvormigheid وَحْدَه، اكْتِمال хармония jednotnost harmoni die Einheitlichkeit η ιδιότητα του ενιαίου, η κατάσταση του να είναι κτ. ενιαίο σύνολο unidad ühtsus وحدت yhtenäisyys unité אַחדוּת एका jedinstvenost egység(esség) eining, heildarsvipur unità 統一性 vienovė, vieningumas vienotība perpaduan eenheid helhet(spreg) jedolitość unidade unitate единство jednotnosť enotnost jedinstvo enhet ความเป็นเอกภาพ birlik 一致(性) єдність ندرت، وحدت tính đơn nhất 一致（性）

3 something arranged to form a single complete whole This play is not a unity, but a series of unconnected scenes. eenheid وَحْدَةٌ كامِلَه едно jednota enhed die Einheit ενότητα, ενιαίο σύνολο unidad tervik ساختار واحد kokonaisuus unité אַחדוּת इकाई cjelina egység eining unità 統一体 vienovė, vientisas dalykas vienots veselums perpaduan eenheid enhet jedność, całość unidade unitate единое целое jednota enota celina [] helhet ความพร้อมเพรียงกัน bütün 整體 єдність مستقل بالذات sự thống nhất 整体