Definition of unity in English:

unity

nounPlural unities ˈjuːnɪtiˈjunədi

mass noun

1The state of being united or joined as a whole.
（尤指政治上）团结；联合；统一
European unity
欧洲统一。
ways of preserving family unity
Example sentencesExamples
- Instead of a coherent whole expressing an organic unity through every aspect of its being, the engineers hand us a bag of separate traits.
- Today, though, the economic unity of the extended family has broken down.
- Can the European Union retain a unity of purpose as it expands to 25 members?
- It is highly unlikely that they would allow any internal or external factor to trifle with their unity or a united platform to promote and preserve their interests.
- The referendum at the end of an interim period of unspecified duration would be held in the context of territorial unity.
- The unity of the United States was effected under the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, who introduced the transcontinental railway system.
- It is the greatest threat to communal harmony, democracy, secularism, peace, progress, unity and integrity of our motherland.
- The political testament, which we set out below, reflects the firm desire of the majority of the peoples of this country for a form of government which will ensure freedom, equality and unity of the new nation.
- Most European leaders realize that a policy of opposing the United States makes European unity impossible.
- Siva's followers who are parents preserve family unity and teach responsibility by not granting youth financial independence.
- In 1973 a plan for unity entitled Towards a United Church was produced.
- Such regimes put up a veneer of stability, unity and consensus, just as democracies project a misleading veneer of weakness.
- All three voices joined together in sudden unity.
- But more significant, he adds, is that the royal family is being required to cement the political and symbolic unity of a United Kingdom when that unity is under unprecedented strain.
- If you challenge their conception of society and politics, then they say you are a threat to national unity or to peace and order and stability.
- Germany's economic unity was to be preserved, though this was undermined by the decision that each power could take reparations from its own occupied territories.
- The new political context imposed institutional unity.
- We are busy in forging unity so that a united platform is formed to launch a joint fight for the goal.
- We were told that it was to maintain stability, unity and peace.
- Through them, they endeavor to attain harmonious unity with God, their fellow humans, and nature.
Synonyms
union, unification, integration, amalgamation
coalition, federation, confederation
1. 1.1 The state of forming a complete and harmonious whole, especially in an artistic context.
  （尤指政治上）团结；联合；统一
  the repeated phrase gives the piece unity and cohesion
  重复出现的乐句为乐曲增添了总体效果和连贯性。
  Example sentencesExamples
  As suggested above by Carr, however, there is not a clear, unambiguous macrostructure for the book; and this makes for a complex unity.
  His work is well-known in Germany, and has gained popularity around the world for its unity and purity.
  It would have also given more unity to the entire piece - made them all part of one bigger story.
  There Schlegel turned his attention not just to the production of harmonious unity in individual works of art but also to their reception by the spectator.
  I nearly fell back as it all suddenly came together for me, the pins and pieces of a great puzzle falling into harmonious unity.
  Her voice modulation is of the highest caliber, very melodious, full of harmonious unity and solid stamina.
  He provides a degree of unity to the piece, by virtue of his repeated appearances.
  There are movies to see for their artistic unity, visual brilliance, or dramatic power.
  Notwithstanding this jarring absence of any thematic unity, each piece itself is worth a read.
  This notion of a complex unity of the book leads us to a second thesis.
  The similarity between these tables and the ones made for the Gallery in Kensington in 1727 endows the whole group with a stylistic unity.
  With the Kennedy Center, I have the luxury of time - time to spend with the dancers, time to make ballets into some kind of artistic, humane unity.
  With a poetic twist on artistic unity, this film evokes the thought that we are subject to a very similar imprisonment, even in the comfort of our own culture.
  In profile they display a unity of composition and graceful silhouettes that exceeds any preceding examples.
  The key to recreating artistic unity is evidence.
  Synonyms
  harmony, accord, concord, concurrence, cooperation, collaboration, agreement, unanimity, consensus, assent, concert, togetherness, solidarity, like-mindedness, peace, synthesis
2. 1.2count noun A thing forming a complex whole.
  统一体；完整的东西
  they speak of the three parts as a unity
  他们将三个部分视作一个整体。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Yet we don't count up two diamonds from the deuce and two from the trey, but treat each card as a complete unity.
  It follows that a continuum is neither a unity nor an aggregation of unities.
  We know a number of things successively when taken one at a time, which we know all at once if we know them in a unity: thus we can know the parts in the whole, or see different things in a mirror.
  So does the Bible teach that the human person is a psychosomatic unity which perishes completely with death?
  Naturalism could, however, conflict with the demands of the setting, as in the stained glass at Fairford church, where the stone mullions cut across compositions designed as a unity.
  Synonyms
  oneness, singleness, wholeness, entity, integrity, undividedness, cohesion, coherence, congruity, congruence, uniformity, homogeneity, identity, sameness
2Mathematics
The number one.
〔数〕一
the slope of each dotted line is less than unity
Example sentencesExamples
- In fact, he even may have gained speed on rivals, thanks to specific properties of the two cube roots of unity that are complex numbers.
- Selecting different values of the base value a, there turns out to be only one value of a such that the gradient of the graph is unity at x = 0.
- All these proofs use complex numbers and roots of unity, as does the author's.
- Cotes discovered an important theorem on the nth roots of unity, anticipated the method of least squares and discovered a method of integrating rational fractions with binomial denominators.
- These papers pose the problem: If the common area of the vertex triangles is unity, is the area of the pentagon determined?
3count noun Each of the three dramatic principles requiring limitation of the supposed time of a drama to that occupied in acting it or to a single day (unity of time), use of one scene throughout (unity of place), and concentration on the development of a single plot (unity of action).
三一律（指戏剧在时间、地点和情节三点上的统一性）
Example sentencesExamples
- Sophocles' play was for Aristotle an exemplary tragedy, both formally, in terms of unity of action, and in its tragic story.
- It's a unique and remarkably good way to finesse suspense - because of the show's strict adherence to the unity of time, it forecasts in which episode you can expect events to happen.
- The plot, observing the classical unity of time by taking place in a 24-hour period, is the barest of sketches, a pretext for the feelings of sadness, world-weariness, and desperate hope.
- Nevertheless, the plays are far removed from the classical pattern: they rarely present a unity of action, time and place.
- For instance, Aristotle states that in a great tragedy, there should be unity of time, place, and action.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French unite, from Latin unitas, from unus 'one'.

Rhymes

community, immunity, importunity, impunity, opportunity

Definition of unity in US English:

unity

nounˈyo͞onədēˈjunədi

1The state of being united or joined as a whole.
（尤指政治上）团结；联合；统一
European unity
欧洲统一。
their leaders called for unity between opposing factions
领导人呼吁各反对派之间协调一致。
Example sentencesExamples
- The political testament, which we set out below, reflects the firm desire of the majority of the peoples of this country for a form of government which will ensure freedom, equality and unity of the new nation.
- Through them, they endeavor to attain harmonious unity with God, their fellow humans, and nature.
- In 1973 a plan for unity entitled Towards a United Church was produced.
- The new political context imposed institutional unity.
- Instead of a coherent whole expressing an organic unity through every aspect of its being, the engineers hand us a bag of separate traits.
- Most European leaders realize that a policy of opposing the United States makes European unity impossible.
- Such regimes put up a veneer of stability, unity and consensus, just as democracies project a misleading veneer of weakness.
- We were told that it was to maintain stability, unity and peace.
- Today, though, the economic unity of the extended family has broken down.
- The referendum at the end of an interim period of unspecified duration would be held in the context of territorial unity.
- All three voices joined together in sudden unity.
- If you challenge their conception of society and politics, then they say you are a threat to national unity or to peace and order and stability.
- But more significant, he adds, is that the royal family is being required to cement the political and symbolic unity of a United Kingdom when that unity is under unprecedented strain.
- We are busy in forging unity so that a united platform is formed to launch a joint fight for the goal.
- It is the greatest threat to communal harmony, democracy, secularism, peace, progress, unity and integrity of our motherland.
- Siva's followers who are parents preserve family unity and teach responsibility by not granting youth financial independence.
- It is highly unlikely that they would allow any internal or external factor to trifle with their unity or a united platform to promote and preserve their interests.
- Can the European Union retain a unity of purpose as it expands to 25 members?
- The unity of the United States was effected under the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, who introduced the transcontinental railway system.
- Germany's economic unity was to be preserved, though this was undermined by the decision that each power could take reparations from its own occupied territories.
Synonyms
union, unification, integration, amalgamation
1. 1.1 The state of forming a complete and pleasing whole, especially in an artistic context.
  （尤指政治上）团结；联合；统一
  the repeated phrase gives the piece unity and cohesion
  重复出现的乐句为乐曲增添了总体效果和连贯性。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He provides a degree of unity to the piece, by virtue of his repeated appearances.
  There Schlegel turned his attention not just to the production of harmonious unity in individual works of art but also to their reception by the spectator.
  With the Kennedy Center, I have the luxury of time - time to spend with the dancers, time to make ballets into some kind of artistic, humane unity.
  As suggested above by Carr, however, there is not a clear, unambiguous macrostructure for the book; and this makes for a complex unity.
  Her voice modulation is of the highest caliber, very melodious, full of harmonious unity and solid stamina.
  In profile they display a unity of composition and graceful silhouettes that exceeds any preceding examples.
  This notion of a complex unity of the book leads us to a second thesis.
  His work is well-known in Germany, and has gained popularity around the world for its unity and purity.
  I nearly fell back as it all suddenly came together for me, the pins and pieces of a great puzzle falling into harmonious unity.
  With a poetic twist on artistic unity, this film evokes the thought that we are subject to a very similar imprisonment, even in the comfort of our own culture.
  There are movies to see for their artistic unity, visual brilliance, or dramatic power.
  It would have also given more unity to the entire piece - made them all part of one bigger story.
  The key to recreating artistic unity is evidence.
  The similarity between these tables and the ones made for the Gallery in Kensington in 1727 endows the whole group with a stylistic unity.
  Notwithstanding this jarring absence of any thematic unity, each piece itself is worth a read.
  Synonyms
  harmony, accord, concord, concurrence, cooperation, collaboration, agreement, unanimity, consensus, assent, concert, togetherness, solidarity, like-mindedness, peace, synthesis
2. 1.2 A thing forming a complex whole.
  统一体；完整的东西
  they speak of the three parts as a unity
  他们将三个部分视作一个整体。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Yet we don't count up two diamonds from the deuce and two from the trey, but treat each card as a complete unity.
  So does the Bible teach that the human person is a psychosomatic unity which perishes completely with death?
  It follows that a continuum is neither a unity nor an aggregation of unities.
  Naturalism could, however, conflict with the demands of the setting, as in the stained glass at Fairford church, where the stone mullions cut across compositions designed as a unity.
  We know a number of things successively when taken one at a time, which we know all at once if we know them in a unity: thus we can know the parts in the whole, or see different things in a mirror.
  Synonyms
  oneness, singleness, wholeness, entity, integrity, undividedness, cohesion, coherence, congruity, congruence, uniformity, homogeneity, identity, sameness
2Mathematics
The number one.
〔数〕一
Example sentencesExamples
- Selecting different values of the base value a, there turns out to be only one value of a such that the gradient of the graph is unity at x = 0.
- All these proofs use complex numbers and roots of unity, as does the author's.
- These papers pose the problem: If the common area of the vertex triangles is unity, is the area of the pentagon determined?
- In fact, he even may have gained speed on rivals, thanks to specific properties of the two cube roots of unity that are complex numbers.
- Cotes discovered an important theorem on the nth roots of unity, anticipated the method of least squares and discovered a method of integrating rational fractions with binomial denominators.
3In Aristotle's Poetics, each of the three dramatic principles requiring limitation of the supposed time of a drama to that occupied in acting it or to a single day (unity of time), use of one scene throughout (unity of place), and concentration on the development of a single plot (unity of action).
三一律（指戏剧在时间、地点和情节三点上的统一性）
Example sentencesExamples
- For instance, Aristotle states that in a great tragedy, there should be unity of time, place, and action.
- It's a unique and remarkably good way to finesse suspense - because of the show's strict adherence to the unity of time, it forecasts in which episode you can expect events to happen.
- Sophocles' play was for Aristotle an exemplary tragedy, both formally, in terms of unity of action, and in its tragic story.
- The plot, observing the classical unity of time by taking place in a 24-hour period, is the barest of sketches, a pretext for the feelings of sadness, world-weariness, and desperate hope.
- Nevertheless, the plays are far removed from the classical pattern: they rarely present a unity of action, time and place.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French unite, from Latin unitas, from unus ‘one’.

词汇	unity
释义	Definition of unity in English: unity nounPlural unities ˈjuːnɪtiˈjunədi mass noun 1The state of being united or joined as a whole. （尤指政治上）团结；联合；统一 European unity 欧洲统一。 ways of preserving family unity Example sentencesExamples Instead of a coherent whole expressing an organic unity through every aspect of its being, the engineers hand us a bag of separate traits. Today, though, the economic unity of the extended family has broken down. Can the European Union retain a unity of purpose as it expands to 25 members? It is highly unlikely that they would allow any internal or external factor to trifle with their unity or a united platform to promote and preserve their interests. The referendum at the end of an interim period of unspecified duration would be held in the context of territorial unity. The unity of the United States was effected under the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, who introduced the transcontinental railway system. It is the greatest threat to communal harmony, democracy, secularism, peace, progress, unity and integrity of our motherland. The political testament, which we set out below, reflects the firm desire of the majority of the peoples of this country for a form of government which will ensure freedom, equality and unity of the new nation. Most European leaders realize that a policy of opposing the United States makes European unity impossible. Siva's followers who are parents preserve family unity and teach responsibility by not granting youth financial independence. In 1973 a plan for unity entitled Towards a United Church was produced. Such regimes put up a veneer of stability, unity and consensus, just as democracies project a misleading veneer of weakness. All three voices joined together in sudden unity. But more significant, he adds, is that the royal family is being required to cement the political and symbolic unity of a United Kingdom when that unity is under unprecedented strain. If you challenge their conception of society and politics, then they say you are a threat to national unity or to peace and order and stability. Germany's economic unity was to be preserved, though this was undermined by the decision that each power could take reparations from its own occupied territories. The new political context imposed institutional unity. We are busy in forging unity so that a united platform is formed to launch a joint fight for the goal. We were told that it was to maintain stability, unity and peace. Through them, they endeavor to attain harmonious unity with God, their fellow humans, and nature. Synonyms union, unification, integration, amalgamation coalition, federation, confederation 1.1 The state of forming a complete and harmonious whole, especially in an artistic context. （尤指政治上）团结；联合；统一 the repeated phrase gives the piece unity and cohesion 重复出现的乐句为乐曲增添了总体效果和连贯性。 Example sentencesExamples As suggested above by Carr, however, there is not a clear, unambiguous macrostructure for the book; and this makes for a complex unity. His work is well-known in Germany, and has gained popularity around the world for its unity and purity. It would have also given more unity to the entire piece - made them all part of one bigger story. There Schlegel turned his attention not just to the production of harmonious unity in individual works of art but also to their reception by the spectator. I nearly fell back as it all suddenly came together for me, the pins and pieces of a great puzzle falling into harmonious unity. Her voice modulation is of the highest caliber, very melodious, full of harmonious unity and solid stamina. He provides a degree of unity to the piece, by virtue of his repeated appearances. There are movies to see for their artistic unity, visual brilliance, or dramatic power. Notwithstanding this jarring absence of any thematic unity, each piece itself is worth a read. This notion of a complex unity of the book leads us to a second thesis. The similarity between these tables and the ones made for the Gallery in Kensington in 1727 endows the whole group with a stylistic unity. With the Kennedy Center, I have the luxury of time - time to spend with the dancers, time to make ballets into some kind of artistic, humane unity. With a poetic twist on artistic unity, this film evokes the thought that we are subject to a very similar imprisonment, even in the comfort of our own culture. In profile they display a unity of composition and graceful silhouettes that exceeds any preceding examples. The key to recreating artistic unity is evidence. Synonyms harmony, accord, concord, concurrence, cooperation, collaboration, agreement, unanimity, consensus, assent, concert, togetherness, solidarity, like-mindedness, peace, synthesis 1.2count noun A thing forming a complex whole. 统一体；完整的东西 they speak of the three parts as a unity 他们将三个部分视作一个整体。 Example sentencesExamples Yet we don't count up two diamonds from the deuce and two from the trey, but treat each card as a complete unity. It follows that a continuum is neither a unity nor an aggregation of unities. We know a number of things successively when taken one at a time, which we know all at once if we know them in a unity: thus we can know the parts in the whole, or see different things in a mirror. So does the Bible teach that the human person is a psychosomatic unity which perishes completely with death? Naturalism could, however, conflict with the demands of the setting, as in the stained glass at Fairford church, where the stone mullions cut across compositions designed as a unity. Synonyms oneness, singleness, wholeness, entity, integrity, undividedness, cohesion, coherence, congruity, congruence, uniformity, homogeneity, identity, sameness 2Mathematics The number one. 〔数〕一 the slope of each dotted line is less than unity Example sentencesExamples In fact, he even may have gained speed on rivals, thanks to specific properties of the two cube roots of unity that are complex numbers. Selecting different values of the base value a, there turns out to be only one value of a such that the gradient of the graph is unity at x = 0. All these proofs use complex numbers and roots of unity, as does the author's. Cotes discovered an important theorem on the nth roots of unity, anticipated the method of least squares and discovered a method of integrating rational fractions with binomial denominators. These papers pose the problem: If the common area of the vertex triangles is unity, is the area of the pentagon determined? 3count noun Each of the three dramatic principles requiring limitation of the supposed time of a drama to that occupied in acting it or to a single day (unity of time), use of one scene throughout (unity of place), and concentration on the development of a single plot (unity of action). 三一律（指戏剧在时间、地点和情节三点上的统一性） Example sentencesExamples Sophocles' play was for Aristotle an exemplary tragedy, both formally, in terms of unity of action, and in its tragic story. It's a unique and remarkably good way to finesse suspense - because of the show's strict adherence to the unity of time, it forecasts in which episode you can expect events to happen. The plot, observing the classical unity of time by taking place in a 24-hour period, is the barest of sketches, a pretext for the feelings of sadness, world-weariness, and desperate hope. Nevertheless, the plays are far removed from the classical pattern: they rarely present a unity of action, time and place. For instance, Aristotle states that in a great tragedy, there should be unity of time, place, and action. Origin Middle English: from Old French unite, from Latin unitas, from unus 'one'. Rhymes community, immunity, importunity, impunity, opportunity Definition of unity in US English: unity nounˈyo͞onədēˈjunədi 1The state of being united or joined as a whole. （尤指政治上）团结；联合；统一 European unity 欧洲统一。 their leaders called for unity between opposing factions 领导人呼吁各反对派之间协调一致。 Example sentencesExamples The political testament, which we set out below, reflects the firm desire of the majority of the peoples of this country for a form of government which will ensure freedom, equality and unity of the new nation. Through them, they endeavor to attain harmonious unity with God, their fellow humans, and nature. In 1973 a plan for unity entitled Towards a United Church was produced. The new political context imposed institutional unity. Instead of a coherent whole expressing an organic unity through every aspect of its being, the engineers hand us a bag of separate traits. Most European leaders realize that a policy of opposing the United States makes European unity impossible. Such regimes put up a veneer of stability, unity and consensus, just as democracies project a misleading veneer of weakness. We were told that it was to maintain stability, unity and peace. Today, though, the economic unity of the extended family has broken down. The referendum at the end of an interim period of unspecified duration would be held in the context of territorial unity. All three voices joined together in sudden unity. If you challenge their conception of society and politics, then they say you are a threat to national unity or to peace and order and stability. But more significant, he adds, is that the royal family is being required to cement the political and symbolic unity of a United Kingdom when that unity is under unprecedented strain. We are busy in forging unity so that a united platform is formed to launch a joint fight for the goal. It is the greatest threat to communal harmony, democracy, secularism, peace, progress, unity and integrity of our motherland. Siva's followers who are parents preserve family unity and teach responsibility by not granting youth financial independence. It is highly unlikely that they would allow any internal or external factor to trifle with their unity or a united platform to promote and preserve their interests. Can the European Union retain a unity of purpose as it expands to 25 members? The unity of the United States was effected under the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, who introduced the transcontinental railway system. Germany's economic unity was to be preserved, though this was undermined by the decision that each power could take reparations from its own occupied territories. Synonyms union, unification, integration, amalgamation 1.1 The state of forming a complete and pleasing whole, especially in an artistic context. （尤指政治上）团结；联合；统一 the repeated phrase gives the piece unity and cohesion 重复出现的乐句为乐曲增添了总体效果和连贯性。 Example sentencesExamples He provides a degree of unity to the piece, by virtue of his repeated appearances. There Schlegel turned his attention not just to the production of harmonious unity in individual works of art but also to their reception by the spectator. With the Kennedy Center, I have the luxury of time - time to spend with the dancers, time to make ballets into some kind of artistic, humane unity. As suggested above by Carr, however, there is not a clear, unambiguous macrostructure for the book; and this makes for a complex unity. Her voice modulation is of the highest caliber, very melodious, full of harmonious unity and solid stamina. In profile they display a unity of composition and graceful silhouettes that exceeds any preceding examples. This notion of a complex unity of the book leads us to a second thesis. His work is well-known in Germany, and has gained popularity around the world for its unity and purity. I nearly fell back as it all suddenly came together for me, the pins and pieces of a great puzzle falling into harmonious unity. With a poetic twist on artistic unity, this film evokes the thought that we are subject to a very similar imprisonment, even in the comfort of our own culture. There are movies to see for their artistic unity, visual brilliance, or dramatic power. It would have also given more unity to the entire piece - made them all part of one bigger story. The key to recreating artistic unity is evidence. The similarity between these tables and the ones made for the Gallery in Kensington in 1727 endows the whole group with a stylistic unity. Notwithstanding this jarring absence of any thematic unity, each piece itself is worth a read. Synonyms harmony, accord, concord, concurrence, cooperation, collaboration, agreement, unanimity, consensus, assent, concert, togetherness, solidarity, like-mindedness, peace, synthesis 1.2 A thing forming a complex whole. 统一体；完整的东西 they speak of the three parts as a unity 他们将三个部分视作一个整体。 Example sentencesExamples Yet we don't count up two diamonds from the deuce and two from the trey, but treat each card as a complete unity. So does the Bible teach that the human person is a psychosomatic unity which perishes completely with death? It follows that a continuum is neither a unity nor an aggregation of unities. Naturalism could, however, conflict with the demands of the setting, as in the stained glass at Fairford church, where the stone mullions cut across compositions designed as a unity. We know a number of things successively when taken one at a time, which we know all at once if we know them in a unity: thus we can know the parts in the whole, or see different things in a mirror. Synonyms oneness, singleness, wholeness, entity, integrity, undividedness, cohesion, coherence, congruity, congruence, uniformity, homogeneity, identity, sameness 2Mathematics The number one. 〔数〕一 Example sentencesExamples Selecting different values of the base value a, there turns out to be only one value of a such that the gradient of the graph is unity at x = 0. All these proofs use complex numbers and roots of unity, as does the author's. These papers pose the problem: If the common area of the vertex triangles is unity, is the area of the pentagon determined? In fact, he even may have gained speed on rivals, thanks to specific properties of the two cube roots of unity that are complex numbers. Cotes discovered an important theorem on the nth roots of unity, anticipated the method of least squares and discovered a method of integrating rational fractions with binomial denominators. 3In Aristotle's Poetics, each of the three dramatic principles requiring limitation of the supposed time of a drama to that occupied in acting it or to a single day (unity of time), use of one scene throughout (unity of place), and concentration on the development of a single plot (unity of action). 三一律（指戏剧在时间、地点和情节三点上的统一性） Example sentencesExamples For instance, Aristotle states that in a great tragedy, there should be unity of time, place, and action. It's a unique and remarkably good way to finesse suspense - because of the show's strict adherence to the unity of time, it forecasts in which episode you can expect events to happen. Sophocles' play was for Aristotle an exemplary tragedy, both formally, in terms of unity of action, and in its tragic story. The plot, observing the classical unity of time by taking place in a 24-hour period, is the barest of sketches, a pretext for the feelings of sadness, world-weariness, and desperate hope. Nevertheless, the plays are far removed from the classical pattern: they rarely present a unity of action, time and place. Origin Middle English: from Old French unite, from Latin unitas, from unus ‘one’.
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