unison
265
2.8
- noun
- /ˈjunɪsən/
:
unísono
- So how can we stand together in unison and elevate for a greater good?
- say in unison
- speak in unison
- move in unison
So how can we stand together in unison and elevate for a greater good?
- So how can we stand together in unison and elevate for a greater good?
- The thing is, you are no longer vibrating in unison with them.
- And I've never seen so many jaws drop all in unison, right?
- And it's about twin sisters, identical twins who spoke in unison.
- Problems could arise when markets move violently and in unison.
- He's a legend fueled by plants, his mind and body in unison.
- And so Kit and I will work in unison to bring this panel down or up where it needs it.
- And when you're in a boat with, you know, seven other people and you have to become one, you have to move in unison almost all of the time.
- All of a sudden, hundreds of thousands of brain cells all decide to synchronize in their firing in unison.
- So everyone pay like in unison or as you get very long.
Examples
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Thus, the two units work in unison, fetching odd/even pairs until all fetching is done.
Academic text (1994) -
"Good morning, Father," the women said in unison when the priest got off his donkey.
Fiction book (1993) -
Would you answer in unison, please?
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The women went to work in unison, no one trying to claim more than another.
Fiction book (1992) -
I need to see you working together in unison.
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Initially, voices should begin in unison, with only one note changing at a time.
Academic text (1997) -
The oft-performed "Happy Birthday" is nearly always sung in unison until the last measure.
Academic text (2004) -
His family, representing three generations, always danced in unison at our annual homecoming powwow.
Academic text (2005) -
Fluency develops from repeated reading in unison to paired reading and independent timed reading.
Academic text (2014) -
The choir sang in unison during the performance, creating a beautiful harmony.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
With other people to do something as a group
209
4.2
At the same time
79
3.4
Having the same view about a plan or goal
20
4.1
Working with others toward the same goal
12
3.5
Work together in a coordinated way
12
4.7
The state of things happening at the same time
10
6.0
Moving or acting exactly the same as others
2
6.7
A situation when events happen at the same time
1
6.4
Happens at the same time as something else
The state of events or actions happening at the same time
Antonyms
How Synchronized
Surface Forms
Morphology
unison = uni + son
The word literally means 'one-sound' (uni- + son-) which gives an intuitive sense of simultaneous sounding or agreement, but the root 'son' (sound) is not a standalone English word, so the relation is not fully transparent to an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Unison comes from Latin parts uni- meaning 'one' and sonus meaning 'sound', so it literally says 'one sound'. It is the same root as words like unit and union, which helps explain why doing something in unison means doing it together at the same time.