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, eenheidوَحْدَه، إتِّفاقединствоshodaenighed; harmonidie Eintrachtενότητα, ομόνοιαunidadüksmeelسازگاری؛ همبستگیyksimielisyysunitéאַחדוּתएकताjedinstvoegyetértéssamstaða, samheldniunità一致vienybė, vieningumas, sutarimasvienotība; saderībaperpaduaneenheidenhet, enighetzgoda, harmoniaunidadeunitateсогласиеzhodaslogajedinstvoendräktความสามัคคีbirlik, bütünlük統一єдність; єднанняاتحادsự 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.eenvormigheidوَحْدَه، اكْتِمالхармонияjednotnostharmonidie Einheitlichkeitη ιδιότητα του ενιαίου, η κατάσταση του να είναι κτ. ενιαίο σύνολοunidadühtsusوحدتyhtenäisyysunitéאַחדוּתएकाjedinstvenostegység(esség)eining, heildarsvipurunità統一性vienovė, vieningumasvienotībaperpaduaneenheidhelhet(spreg)jedolitośćunidadeunitateединствоjednotnosťenotnostjedinstvoenhetความเป็นเอกภาพbirlik一致(性)єдністьندرت، وحدتtính 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.eenheidوَحْدَةٌ كامِلَهедноjednotaenheddie Einheitενότητα, ενιαίο σύνολοunidadtervikساختار واحدkokonaisuusunitéאַחדוּתइकाईcjelinaegységeiningunità統一体vienovė, vientisas dalykasvienots veselumsperpaduaneenheidenhetjedność, całośćunidadeunitateединое целоеjednotaenotacelina[] helhetความพร้อมเพรียงกันbütün整體єдністьمستقل بالذاتsự thống nhất整体