unity

Betekenis (English)

  1. Oneness; the state or fact of being one undivided entity.
  2. Agreement; harmony.
  3. A single undivided thing, seen as complete in itself.
  4. Any of the three classical rules of drama: unity of action (nothing should be admitted not directly relevant to the development of the plot), unity of place (the scenes should be set in the same place), and unity of time (all the events should be such as might happen within a single day).
  5. The number 1 or any element of a set or field that behaves under a given operation as the number 1 behaves under multiplication.
  6. The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.
  7. The form of consensus in a Quaker meeting for business which signals that a decision has been reached. In order to achieve unity, everyone who does not agree with the decision must explicitly stand aside, possibly being recorded in the minutes as doing so.

Frequentie

C1
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈjuːnɪti/
Etymologie (English)

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *éy? Proto-Indo-European *-nós? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin ūnitāsslbor. Old French unitébor. English unity From Anglo-Norman, Old French unité, from Latin ūnitās, from ūnus (“one”) + noun of state suffix -itās, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”), hence distantly related to one and an. Displaced native Old English ānnes (literally “oneness”).

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His   conception   of   nation   was   of a  " social   solidarity that   necessitated  " cultural   unity ".

Zijn conceptie van natie was van een "sociale solidariteit" die "culturele eenheid " vereiste.