unanimous

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A second shout,--unanimous, as from one Gargantuan throat,--heralded the reappearance of the flat black head, with its dilated nostrils held well above the blinding wreaths of foam.

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  1. adjective Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
  2. adjective Based on or characterized by complete assent or agreement.

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  • The county board members had previously suggested to the council that they would support a contract if three criteria were met: the contract had to be financially beneficial to both parties, the public had to support it and the council needed to lend unanimous or near-unanimous support. —  StarTribune.com rss feed
  • Simon says they were "kind of unanimous," and they aren't using the save. —  Blog updates
  • A second shout,--unanimous, as from one Gargantuan throat,--heralded the reappearance of the flat black head, with its dilated nostrils held well above the blinding wreaths of foam. —  The Great Amulet
  • The following sentences are taken from an article in the Nation (New York), referring to the Harvard and Yale game of 1894 The game on Saturday at Springfield between the two great teams of Harvard and Yale was by the testimony--unanimous, as far as our knowledge goes--of spectators and newspapers the most brutal ever witnessed in the United States. —  The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin
  • If those votes are unanimous, they certainly were important for 200 of her colleagues to be there. —  Above Average Jane
 

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  1. From Latin ūnanimus : ūnus, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots + animus, mind; see anə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French unanime = Spanish unanime = Portuguese unanime = Italian unanime, unanimo, from Latin unanimus, unanimis, of one mind, from unus, one, + animus, mind: see animus.
 

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/juˈnænɪməs/
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