1500-1600Old French, Medieval Latinunisonus ‘having the same sound’, from Latinuni- + sonus ‘sound’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
All consider that good and evil can not be in unison.
It only needed two men working in unison to raise and lower the junk sails to suit the wind strength.
Stephen Legate looked out of phase in the unison tableaux.
The office fellows on the table behind laughed abruptly and in unison.
They deserve to be listed in this context, as they often operate in unison even if they do not always do so.
While her class was reciting in unison you could not hear very much in mine.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB►work
· When men and women work in unison they can get a hold of anything.· It only needed two men working in unison to raise and lower the junk sails to suit the wind strength.· I am pleased to report that I believe the various committees are working in unison to further develop the understanding between them.· The two men, working in unison, kicked out the panel.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY►in unison
"Good morning!" the kids replied in unison.
Management and workers must act in unison to compete with foreign business.
in unisona)if people speak or do something in unison, they say the same words at the same time or do the same thing at the same time: ‘Good morning!’ the kids replied in unison.b)if two groups, governments etc do something in unison, they do it together because they agree with each other: Management and workers must act in unison to compete with foreign business.