unity
//ˈjuːnɪti//
formalForms
- Plural
- unities
Definitions
1.Oneness: the state or fact of being one undivided entity.
- Alan Pardew's current squad has been put together with a relatively low budget but the resolve and unity within the team is priceless.
2.Agreement; harmony.
3.A single undivided thing, seen as complete in itself.
4.Any of the three classical rules of drama: unity of action (nothing should be admitted not directly relevant to the development of the plot), unity of place (the scenes should be set in the same place), and unity of time (all the events should be such as might happen within a single day).
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4244
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English unite, from Anglo-Norman, Old French unité, from Latin ūnitās, from ūnus (“one”) + noun of state suffix -itās, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”), hence distantly related to one and an.
By surface analysis, unite + -y.