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unity¹

  • /ˈjuːnɪti/ UK
  • /-nə-/ UK
  • /ˈjʉwnɪti/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /-nə-/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ˈjunɪti/ US
  • /-nə-/ US
  • /ˈjʉːnəti/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ˈjʉnɪte/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
  • /-nə-/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
  • /-tɪ/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
  • /-ti/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
  • /ˈɪʊnɪti/ Wales
  • /-nə-/ Wales

Rhymes with -uːnɪti

Where it comes from

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”).

noun unities

  1. uncountable Oneness: the state or fact of being one undivided entity. Near-synonyms: unification, unionization, integration

    Similar: union, unitedness, onehead, oneness, oneship, singleness, unicity, unitude, unity, unification, unionization, integration · Opposite: disunity, multiplicity, plurality, manyness, manifoldness, manyhood, morefold, multeity, multipleness, nonunity, numerousness

  2. countable, uncountable Agreement; harmony.
  3. countable, uncountable A single undivided thing, seen as complete in itself. 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.
  4. countable, uncountable 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).
  5. countable, uncountable The number 1 or any element of a set or field that behaves under a given operation as the number 1 behaves under multiplication. the cube roots of unity
  6. countable, uncountable The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.
  7. Quakerism, countable, uncountable The form of consensus in a Quaker meeting for business which signals that a decision has been reached. In order to achieve unity, everyone who does not agree with the decision must explicitly stand aside, possibly being recorded in the minutes as doing so.

Unity²

Where it comes from

Majuscule letter version of unity.

proper noun

  1. A female given name from English. 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.
  2. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  3. An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Georgia.
  4. An unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois, also known as Hodges Park Station.
  5. A small unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky.
  6. A town and census-designated place in Waldo County, Maine.
  7. An unorganized territory in Kennebec County, Maine.
  8. An unincorporated community in Scotland County, Missouri.
  9. A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
  10. An unincorporated community in Adams County, Ohio.
  11. An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.
  12. A tiny city in Baker County, Oregon.
  13. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
  14. A small town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
  15. A village in Clark County and Marathon County, Wisconsin, located partly within the town of Unity.
  16. A small town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
  17. A state of South Sudan.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: oneness, integrity, wholeness, single, one, i, ace, unitary, unified, unification, united, cohesiveness, coherence, cohesion, integrated, unanimity

Translations

Every language

noun state of being one or undivided

Españolunidad
한국어단결 dan'gyeol, 단일 danil
日本語団結 danketsu, 統一 tōitsu
中文統一 /统一 tǒngyī
हिन्दीएकता ektā, इत्तिहाद ittihād, एका ekā, ऐक्य aikya
Kiswahiliumoja
Portuguêsunidade
Françaisunité
DeutschEinheit
Italianounità
Ελληνικάενότητα enótita
Românăunire, unitate
Русскийеди́нство jedínstvo, едине́ние jedinénije, сплочённость spločónnostʹ
العربيةوَحْدَة waḥda, اِتِّحَاد ittiḥād
עבריתאַחְדוּת akhdút

noun drama: any of the three classical rules of drama

한국어일치 ilchi
DeutschEinheit
Ελληνικάενότητα enótita
Русскийеди́нство jedínstvo

noun mathematics: something that behaves like the number 1 in multiplication

DeutschIdentität
Ελληνικάμονάδα monáda
Русскийедини́ца jediníca

name female given name

DeutschUnität

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@misc{unity_2026,
  title = {unity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}