单词 | unitary |
释义 | unitary (once / 23452 pages) 1adj 2adj Use the adjective unitary to describe something that has or desires unity, or oneness. Just as the United States are joined together as one, words such as united and unity have to do with oneness or coming together into a single entity. The same is true of unitary. A unitary concert brings different kinds of music together. Unitary philosophy deals with how everything is part of a whole. There are many technical uses of this word, but they all have to do with uniting something. WORD FAMILYunitary USAGE EXAMPLESIt is not in U.S. interests to help anyone on either side create a unitary state. Time(Dec 28, 2016) Because my characters’ eyes can be sharper than mine, since my own identity has no lock on a unitary or objective way of seeing things. The Guardian(Oct 01, 2016) While defining the Islamic State threat as unitary helps provide much needed structure and logic to American counterterrorism strategy, it also causes conceptual confusion. US News(Aug 19, 2016) 1 1adj having the indivisible character of a unit a unitary action Syn one united characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity 2adj characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority a unitary as opposed to a federal form of government Ant federal characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities 3adj relating to or characterized by or aiming toward unity 2the unitary principles of nationalism a unitary movement in politics adj of or pertaining to or involving the use of units a unitary method was applied established a unitary distance on which to base subsequent calculations |
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