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unique

//juːˈniːk//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for unique

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Forms

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative
uniquer
Superlative
uniquest

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
uniques

Definitions

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 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. 2.Of a feature, such that only one holder has it.

  3. 3.Particular, characteristic.

  4. 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.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 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.

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