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- [yoo-neek]
- /yuˈnik/
- /juˈniːk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [yoo-neek]
- /yuˈnik/
Definitions of unique word
- adjective unique existing as the only one or as the sole example; single; solitary in type or characteristics: a unique copy of an ancient manuscript. 1
- adjective unique having no like or equal; unparalleled; incomparable: Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint. 1
- adjective unique limited in occurrence to a given class, situation, or area: a species unique to Australia. 1
- adjective unique limited to a single outcome or result; without alternative possibilities: Certain types of problems have unique solutions. 1
- adjective unique not typical; unusual: She has a very unique smile. 1
- noun unique the embodiment of unique characteristics; the only specimen of a given kind: The unique is also the improbable. 1
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Origin of unique
First appearance:
before 1595 One of the 38% oldest English words
1595-1605; < French < Latin ūnicus, equivalent to ūn(us) one + -icus -ic
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Parts of speech for Unique
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unique popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
unique usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for unique
adj unique
- alone — When you are alone, you are not with any other people.
- anarchistic — An anarchistic person believes in anarchism. Anarchistic activity or literature promotes anarchism.
- anti-social — Someone who is anti-social is unwilling to meet and be friendly with other people.
- anti-thetical — of the nature of or involving antithesis.
- arrestive — tending to arrest
adjective unique
- characteristic — The characteristics of a person or thing are the qualities or features that belong to them and make them recognizable.
- distinctive — serving to distinguish; characteristic; distinguishing: the distinctive stripes of the zebra.
- distinguishing — distinctive; characteristic, as a definitive feature of an individual or group: Intricate rhyming is a distinguishing feature of her poetry.
- eremetic — Of or pertaining to eremites, reclusive, isolated.
- especial — Better or greater than usual; special.
Antonyms for unique
adj unique
- across the board — If a policy or a situation applies across the board, it affects everything or everyone in a particular group.
- all-embracing — Something that is all-embracing includes or affects everyone or everything.
- archetypal — Someone or something that is archetypal has all the most important characteristics of a particular kind of person or thing and is a perfect example of it.
- button down — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- buttondown — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
adjective unique
- cyclic — Cyclic means the same as cyclical.
- cyclical — A cyclical process is one in which a series of events happens again and again in the same order.
- derivative — A derivative is something which has been developed or obtained from something else.
- indistinctive — without distinctive characteristics.
- institutional — of, relating to, or established by institution.
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