Unity Meaning
/ˈjuːnɪti/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOneness: the state or fact of being one undivided entity.
nounAgreement; harmony.
Sentence Examples
This organization lacks unity.
Quarrelling spoiled our unity.
The figure on the left spoils the unity of the painting.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The team's strong ____, with everyone cooperating, led them to win the championship.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The national festival was a celebration of ____ and diversity, bringing together people from all over the country today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Middle English unite English unity 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. Displaced native Old English ānnes (literally “oneness”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"If any literary work is too long to be read at one sitting, we must be content to dispense with the immensely important effect derivable from unity of impression - for, if two sittings be required, the affairs of the world interfere, and everything like totality is at once destroyed."
— 1846, E. A. Poe, The Philosophy of Composition:
"Alan Pardew's current squad has been put together with a relatively low budget but the resolve and unity within the team is priceless."
— 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:
"If a single day has brought us two or more experiences suitable to initiate a dream, the dream will unite references to them both into a single whole; it obeys a compulsion to form a unity [translating Einheit] out of them."
— 1999, Sigmund Freud, translated by Joyce Crick, The Interpretation of Dreams, Oxford, published 2008, page 137:
"Hitler, it seemed, had two engagements in Munich that day; one was a visit with Unity Mitford, a Nazi sympathizer belonging to the well-known British Mitford family, who was recovering in a Munich hospital from an attempted suicide."
— 1996, John H. Waller, The Unseen War in Europe:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The team's strong ____, with everyone cooperating, led them to win the championship.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The national festival was a celebration of ____ and diversity, bringing together people from all over the country today.