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- pronunciation:
- yu
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nih
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 s
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word History, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
in complete agreement, as a number or group of people.
We are unanimous in our opinion that the law should be changed.- antonyms:
- divided
- similar words:
- solid
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| definition 2: |
exhibiting, based on, or characterized by complete agreement.
Upon hearing the news, they breathed a unanimous sigh of relief.She was elected to the council by a unanimous vote. |
| related words: |
concerted |
adverb + (adj.)unanimous
almost, but, close, from, hardly, nearly, practically, publicly, virtually, yesterday
(adj.)unanimous
+ noun
acceptance,
adoption,
advice,
agreement,
amendment,
approval,
backing,
bench,
choice,
circuit,
conclusion,
condemnation,
confirmation,
consensus,
consent,
conviction,
council,
court,
decision,
declaration,
delegate,
economist,
endorsement,
enthusiasm,
favorite,
judgment,
juror,
jury,
legislature,
objection,
opinion,
opposition,
panel,
passage,
pick,
praise,
protest,
rave,
recommendation,
rejection,
request,
resolution,
response,
ruling,
security,
selection,
support,
testimony,
verdict,
view,
vote,
winner
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| derivations: |
unanimously (adv.), unanimity (n.), unanimousness (n.) |
Unanimous comes from unanimus, a Latin word that means "of one mind."
The word unanimous
contains the following parts:
anim
Latin
root
that means mind, spirit, life
  Example words:
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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