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  1. noun The state or quality of being one; singleness.
  2. noun The state or quality of being in accord; harmony.
  3. noun The combination or arrangement of parts into a whole; unification.
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  • The means by which this unity was achieved may have shocked some of us; but, in Russia at any rate, their ultimate efficiency cannot be called in question. —  Sidney Percival Bunting
  • During the meeting at Miraflores, the presidential palace, Ortega remarked that Latin American unity was necessary to confront globalization. —  CounterPunch
  • But his unity was achieved by force of arms, not rhetoric. —  Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News
  • On Friday, he outlined what he described as the unity government's achievements. —  News
  • This unity is a theological reality yet also something still to be achieved. —  Clerical Whispers
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English unite, from Old French, from Latin ūnitās, from ūnus, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also unitie (also reduced unite, unit: see unit); from Old French (and F.) unité = Spanish unidad = Portuguese unidade = Italian unità, from Latin unita(t-)s, oneness, singleness, sameness, uniformity, agreement, from unus, one: see one.
 

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