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UNITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being united into one
Synonyms:
oneness; unity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unity" is a kind of...):
identicalness; identity; indistinguishability (exact sameness)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
Example:
they had lunch at one
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("unity" is a kind of...):
digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unity"):
monad; monas (a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive)
singleton (a single object (as distinguished from a pair))
Sense 3
Meaning:
An undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting
Example:
he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("unity" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Attribute:
broken (physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split)
unbroken (not broken; whole and intact; in one piece)
whole (including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete)
fractional (constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unity"):
completeness (the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed)
incompleteness; rawness (the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect)
