unitary C2+ Topic:Numbers & Quantity US /ˈjunɪˌtɛri/ UK /ˈjuːnɪtəri/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj relating to a single unified whole France has a unitary system of government, not a federal one. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · relating to a single... unifiedsingleintegratedcentralizedundividedwhole ↔ Opposites federaldividedpluralfragmented Word family Derived forms unitarily Related forms unitunityuniteunitarian Etymology AI details From unit + -ary, ultimately from Latin unus ('one'); unit was coined in the 16th century as a back-formation modeled on digit. unus Latin *óynos Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Numbers & Quantity Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # unitary **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈjunɪˌtɛri/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈjuːnɪtəri/ ## Meanings 1. relating to a single unified whole ## Examples - France has a unitary system of government, not a federal one. ## Synonyms - unified - single - integrated - centralized - undivided - whole ## Antonyms - federal - divided - plural - fragmented ## Derived Forms - unitarily ## Related Forms - unit - unity - unite - unitarian ## Roots and Affixes - Root: unus - Root: *óynos ## Etymology From unit + -ary, ultimately from Latin unus ('one'); unit was coined in the 16th century as a back-formation modeled on digit. ## AI Etymology Unitary is from unit + -ary, ultimately from Latin unus ('one'); unit was coined in the 16th century as a back-formation modeled on digit. Important recorded forms include unus (Latin) and *óynos (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers relating to a single unified whole. The wider family includes derived forms such as unitarily and related words such as unit, unity, unite, and unitarian. ## Topics - Numbers & Quantity - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown