UNANIMOUS DEFINITIONS - 9 definitions found
unanimous adj 1: in complete agreement; "a unanimous decision" [syn: consentaneous, consentient, unanimous] 2: acting together as a single undiversified whole; "a solid voting bloc" [syn: solid, unanimous, whole] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) unanimous adjective Etymology: Latin unanimus, from unus one + animus mind — more at one, animate Date: 1624 1. being of one mind ; agreeing 2. formed with or indicating unanimity ; having the agreement and consent of all • unanimously adverb Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary unanimous 1. When a group of people are unanimous, they all agree about something or all vote for the same thing. Editors were unanimous in their condemnation of the proposals... They were unanimous that Chortlesby Manor must be preserved. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ in n, ADJ that • unanimously Today its executive committee voted unanimously to reject the proposals... The board of ministers unanimously approved the project last week. ADV: ADV with v 2. A unanimous vote, decision, or agreement is one in which all the people involved agree. ...the unanimous vote for Hungarian membership... Their decision was unanimous. ADJ English Explanatory Dictionary unanimous ju:ˈnænɪməs adj. 1 all in agreement (the committee was unanimous). 2 (of an opinion, vote, etc.) held or given by general consent (the unanimous choice). øøunanimity n. unanimously adv. unanimousness n. [LL unanimis, L unanimus f. unus one + animus mind] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Unanimous \U*nan"i*mous\, a. [L. unanimus, unanimus; unus one + animus mind: cf. F. unanime. See Unit, and Animate.] 1. Being of one mind; agreeing in opinion, design, or determination; consentient; not discordant or dissentient; harmonious; as, the assembly was unanimous; the members of the council were unanimous. ``Both in one faith unanimous.'' --Milton. 2. Formed with unanimity; indicating unanimity; having the agreement and consent of all; agreed upon without the opposition or contradiction of any; as, a unanimous opinion; a unanimous vote. -- U*nan"i*mous*ly, adv. -- U*nan"i*mous*ness, n. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms unanimous a. Concordant, agreeing, united, harmonious, like-minded, of one mind. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 65 Moby Thesaurus words for "unanimous": accordant, affirmative, agreeable, agreed, agreeing, answerable, at one, at one with, carried by acclamation, coexistent, coexisting, coherent, coincident, coinciding, commensurate, compatible, concordant, concurrent, concurring, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, consentaneous, consentient, consistent, consonant, cooperating, cooperative, correspondent, corresponding, en rapport, equivalent, harmonious, in accord, in agreement, in rapport, in sync, in synchronization, inaccordance, inharmony, like-minded, of a piece, of like mind, of one accord, of one mind, on all fours, positive, proportionate, reconcilable, self-consistent, solid, symbiotic, synchronized, synchronous, unchallenged, uncontested, uncontradicted, uncontroverted, uniform, unisonant, unisonous, unopposed, with one consent, with one voice |
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