unity

B2 Topic:Law & Government

US /ˈjunɪti/ UK /ˈjuːnɪti/ See IPA manual

Freq #8861

Meanings

1

noun
The state of being joined together as one; agreement and harmony.

The leader called for national unity in difficult times.
2

noun
A single whole that is complete in itself.

The painting forms a perfect unity of colour and shape.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the state of being joined... oneness union unification

2 noun · a single whole that is... integrity wholeness

Word family

Forms unities

Derived forms inityover-unitytri-unity

Related forms unique unisonunitizationunumunus

Common collocations

territorial unity Adjective + noun

Etymology

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”).

unite Middle English unité Old French ūnitās Latin *óynos Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Law & Government

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# unity

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈjunɪti/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈjuːnɪti/
**Frequency rank:** 8861

## Meanings
1. The state of being joined together as one; agreement and harmony.
2. A single whole that is complete in itself.

## Examples
- The leader called for national unity in difficult times.
- The painting forms a perfect unity of colour and shape.

## Derived Forms
- inity
- over-unity
- tri-unity

## Related Forms
- unique
- unison
- unitization
- unum
- unus

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: unite
- Root: unité
- Root: ūnitās
- Root: *óynos

## Etymology
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”).

## AI Etymology
Unity comes 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”). The historical chain includes unite (Middle English), unité (Old French), ūnitās (Latin), and *óynos (Proto-Indo-European). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as inity, over-unity, and tri-unity and related forms such as unique, unison, and unitization. In present use it covers the state of being joined together as one; agreement and harmony and a single whole that is complete in itself.

## Topics
- Law & Government

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