unity

«unity» in Mova's school dictionary: Being joined together as one, or people agreeing and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (unity; plural unities is rare)

meaning for a pupil

1) Being joined together as one, or people agreeing and working together. tree →

2) (maths) The number one; «unity» is an old word for 1. tree →

3) (church) Christians pray for the unity of the church, meaning all believers together as one family. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and on the news unity means a team, family or country standing together. In maths, very old or advanced books say «unity» for 1. In church life it links to ecumenism, when different churches work together. Phrases: «in unity», «national unity», «a show of unity», «unity is strength».

examples

• The team showed real unity in the final. tree →
• Unity is strength: together we can do more. tree →
• The country needed unity after the storm. tree →
• The churches held a service for Christian unity. tree →
• The class flag was a sign of our unity. tree →
• In old maths books, unity means the number one. tree →
• There was no unity in the group; everyone wanted something different. tree →
• In the Kalevala, when Lemmenkaeinen has been torn to pieces, his mother collects his scattered remains, and by a dexterous synthetical operation restores him to physical unity. tree →

note

Usually uncountable. Adjective: united; verb: unite. Do not confuse with «uniformity», which means everything is the same; unity can include different people working together.

In the corpora

• Ecumenism means churches working together and seeking unity, for example in shared services and charities.
• Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unity» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.