unanimous
pronunciation
How to pronounce unanimous in British English:
UK [juˈnænɪməs]
How to pronounce unanimous in American English:
US [juˈnænɪməs]
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- Adjective:
- in complete agreement
- acting together as a single undiversified whole
Word Origin
- unanimous
- unanimous: [17] Unanimous means etymologically ‘of a single mind’, hence ‘sharing the same opinion’. It comes from Latin ūnanimus ‘of one mind’, a compound adjective formed from ūnus ‘one’ and animus ‘mind, spirit’ (a relative of English animal, animate, etc).=> animal, animate
- unanimous (adj.)
- 1610s, from Latin unanimus "of one mind, in union," from unus "one" (see one) + animus "mind" (see animus). Related: Unanimously.
Example
- 1. Their unanimous opinion was entitled to great weight .
- 2. Mr zhang received unanimous support from gome 's 13-member board .
- 3. He adds the decision was unanimous .
- 4. The report got nearly unanimous backing both from democrats and republicans .
- 5. It needs unanimous approval from all its members for every article .