unitary

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

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... unified single integrated centralized undivided whole

Opposites

federal divided plural fragmented

Word family

Derived forms unitarily

Related forms unit unity uniteunitarian

Etymology

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

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# 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
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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