u·nan·i·mous

(yo͝o-năn′ə-məs)

adj.

1. Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

2. Based on or characterized by complete assent or agreement.

[From Latin ūnanimus : ūnus, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots + animus, mind; see anə- in Indo-European roots.]

u·nan′i·mous·ly adv.

u·nan′i·mous·ness n.

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Adv.

unanimously - of one mind; without dissent; "the Senate unanimously approved the bill"; "we voted unanimously"

nem con, nemine contradicente

unanimously

adverb without exception, by common consent, without opposition, with one accord, unitedly, nem. con. The executive committee voted unanimously to reject the proposals.

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Translations

بالإجْماع

jednomyslně

enigt

einhellig einig einstimmig

ομόφωνα

unánimemente

à l'unanimité unanimement

samhljóîa

all'unanimit...unanimemente

unanimemente

jednomyseľne

soglasno

oy birliği ile

一致地

unanimously

[juːˈnænɪməslɪ] ADV → unánimemente, por unanimidad
the motion was passed unanimously → la moción fue aprobada por unanimidad

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unanimously

[juːˈnænɪməsli] adv

[elected] → à l'unanimité

[condemn] → unanimement

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unanimously

adv → einstimmig, einmütig; agree → einmütig; vote → einstimmig

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unanimously

[juːˈnænɪməslɪ] adv → all'unanimità

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unanimous

(juˈnӕniməs) adjective

having, or showing, complete agreement. The whole school was unanimous in its approval of the headmaster's plan.

uˈnanimously adverb

unaˈnimity (juːnə-) noun

complete agreement. Unanimity among politicians is rare.

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AT ONE TIME a very large and strong Wolf was born among the wolves, who exceeded all his fellow-wolves in strength, size, and swiftness, so that they unanimously decided to call him "Lion." The Wolf, with a lack of sense proportioned to his enormous size, thought that they gave him this name in earnest, and, leaving his own race, consorted exclusively with the lions.

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Though the poems of the Boeotian school (2) were unanimously assigned to Hesiod down to the age of Alexandrian criticism, they were clearly neither the work of one man nor even of one period: some, doubtless, were fraudulently fathered on him in order to gain currency; but it is probable that most came to be regarded as his partly because of their general character, and partly because the names of their real authors were lost.

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Wopsle, indeed, wildly cried out "No!" with the feeble malice of a tired man; but, as he had no theory, and no coat on, he was unanimously set at nought - not to mention his smoking hard behind, as he stood with his back to the kitchen fire to draw the damp out: which was not calculated to inspire confidence.

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Nor do I doubt, while I make their interest the great rule of my writings, they will unanimously concur in supporting my dignity, and in rendering me all the honour I shall deserve or desire.

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"Very well," continued Michel Ardan, "the Scientific Commission assembled in the projectile of the Gun Club, after having founded their argument on facts recently observed, decide unanimously upon the question of the habitability of the moon--

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The Gauchos unanimously affirm, and there is no reason to doubt their statement, that the male bird alone hatches the eggs, and for some time afterwards accompanies the young.

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This performance was sure to be hailed with loud plaudits, and the 'puarkee nuee' (big hog) was unanimously pronounced by the islanders to be the most extraordinary specimen of zoology that had ever come under their observation.

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As the Tonquin was to coast to the north, to trade for peltries at the different harbors, and to touch at Astoria on her return in the autumn, it was unanimously determined that Mr.

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He had known that Moscow would be abandoned not merely since his interview the previous day with Kutuzov on the Poklonny Hill but ever since the battle of Borodino, for all the generals who came to Moscow after that battle had said unanimously that it was impossible to fight another battle, and since then the government property had been removed every night, and half the inhabitants had left the city with Rostopchin's own permission.

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unanimously concluded to bring him in guilty before the

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The physicians attend; the case of the patient is carefully examined; a consultation is held; they are unanimously agreed that the symptoms are critical, but that the case, with proper and timely relief, is so far from being desperate, that it may be made to issue in an improvement of his constitution.

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She was unanimously elected assistant editor of the Wareham School Pilot, being the first girl to assume that enviable, though somewhat arduous and thankless position, and when her maiden number went to the Cobbs, uncle Jerry and aunt Sarah could hardly eat or sleep for pride.

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