unison

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After all had eaten their hearty supper, and were now gathered near the fire, one of the Indians, who, like the rest of his country men in this party, was an earnest, devout Christian, struck up in a strong, melodious voice the Evening Hymn, translated into his own language Quickly the others joined in, while Mr Ross and the boys sang in unison the English words.

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  1. noun Music Identity of pitch; the interval of a perfect prime.
  2. noun Music The combination of parts at the same pitch or in octaves.
  3. noun The act or an instance of speaking the same words simultaneously by two or more speakers.
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  • Pumping their right fists in unison, they marched through Pyongyang's main Kim Il Sung plaza pledging their loyalty, some waving huge red flags as top officials watched from a viewing stand. —  Daily Express News Feeds
  • Keezer's "Araña Amarilla" (a desert flower) begins with piano and alto sax (Steve Wilson) in unison, the harmonies suggesting two horns.
  • Beating in unison, the group may look and sound like any ensemble of attentive music students, but they're also working out. —  Catholic Online > Daily Readings
  • That music makes people stand in a line and act all crazy in unison -- we can't have that! —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • As fans sing "Burnin 'Up" in unison, the actual, living-and-breathing Jonas Brothers walk into the theater, grab a mic and begin thanking their fans for coming out.
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin ūnisonus, in unison, from Late Latin, monotonous : Latin ūni-, uni- + Latin sonus, sound; see swen- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. I. a. Also unisonous, q. v.; = Spanish unísono = Portuguese unisono, from Middle Latin unisonus, having one sound, from Latin unus, one, + sonus, sound: see sound. II. n. Early modern English unisonne, from French unisson = Spanish unison = Italian unisono, unison, concord of sounds: from the adjective
 

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/ˈjunɪsən/
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