unique
//juːˈniːk//
Forms
- Comparative
- uniquer
- Superlative
- uniquest
- Plural
- uniques
Definitions
1.Being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched.
- GPS assigns a unique C/A code and a unique P code to each satellite.
- Every person has a unique life, therefore every person has a unique journey.
- A very interesting history of United Nations at war in Korea, done in an^([sic]) unique question and answer style.
2.Of a feature, such that only one holder has it.
3.Particular, characteristic.
4.Rare or unusual.
- And as I look back, it seems to me that we were fairly unique, the sixty of us, in that there wasn’t one good mixer in the bunch.
1.A thing without a like; something unequalled or unparallelled; one of a kind.
- The phoenix, the unique of birds.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1686
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Borrowed from French unique
From Latin unicus.