--- title: U — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 12 description: The 584 words of the English dictionary under U, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/page/12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / U # U — The English dictionary · page 12 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Unimpressed means not thinking that someone or something is good, special or clever.[↗](../../unimpressed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Showing that you are a little annoyed or not pleased, often with a flat look.[↗](../../unimpressed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat looked unimpressed by its new toy.[↗](../../unimpressed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum was unimpressed when she saw the muddy carpet.[↗](../../unimpressed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The judges seemed unimpressed with his magic trick.[↗](../../unimpressed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I was unimpressed by the film; it was boring.[↗](../../unimpressed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa stayed unimpressed by the new phone.[↗](../../unimpressed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher was unimpressed that nobody did the homework.[↗](../../unimpressed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **uninformative** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Uninformative means giving little or no useful information.[↗](../../uninformative/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sign just said «Danger» – very uninformative.[↗](../../uninformative/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His answer «stuff happened» was uninformative.[↗](../../uninformative/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A graph without labels is uninformative.[↗](../../uninformative/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The website was colourful but uninformative.[↗](../../uninformative/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather report was so short it was uninformative.[↗](../../uninformative/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Give your project a title that is not uninformative.[↗](../../uninformative/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **uninformed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Uninformed means not knowing the facts about something: «an uninformed guess».[↗](../../uninformed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An uninformed opinion or choice is one made without enough knowledge.[↗](../../uninformed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was an uninformed guess, because I hadn't read the question.[↗](../../uninformed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people were uninformed about the new bus timetable.[↗](../../uninformed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't share uninformed opinions online — check the facts first.[↗](../../uninformed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The visitors were uninformed about the danger of the tides.[↗](../../uninformed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · An uninformed choice can cost you money.[↗](../../uninformed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Reading the label means you are not uninformed about what you eat.[↗](../../uninformed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **uninhabited** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* With no people living there.[↗](../../uninhabited/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* With no animals or living things living there (less common).[↗](../../uninhabited/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sailors were shipwrecked on an uninhabited island.[↗](../../uninhabited/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Much of Antarctica is uninhabited.[↗](../../uninhabited/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old farmhouse has been uninhabited for years.[↗](../../uninhabited/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists think the Moon is uninhabited.[↗](../../uninhabited/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They explored an uninhabited valley.[↗](../../uninhabited/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The rocket landed on an uninhabited planet in the story.[↗](../../uninhabited/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He very soon found that Squirrel Island was uninhabited.[↗](../../uninhabited/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **uninjured** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not hurt or harmed; without any injury.[↗](../../uninjured/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Luckily, everyone on the bus was uninjured.[↗](../../uninjured/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat fell from the tree but landed uninjured.[↗](../../uninjured/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rider was uninjured, but the bike was broken.[↗](../../uninjured/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She escaped from the fire uninjured.[↗](../../uninjured/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Two people were hurt and five were uninjured.[↗](../../uninjured/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He was uninjured but very shaken.[↗](../../uninjured/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · With his winged horses he flew to rescue his lovely bride, and succeeded in extricating her uninjured from the burning building.[↗](../../uninjured/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **unintelligent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not clever; not showing good thinking or understanding.[↗](../../unintelligent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a choice or action) Not sensible.[↗](../../unintelligent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was an unintelligent move to leave the door unlocked.[↗](../../unintelligent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Robots in old films seemed unintelligent and clumsy.[↗](../../unintelligent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't call anyone unintelligent; everyone learns at their own pace.[↗](../../unintelligent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Copying the wrong answers was unintelligent.[↗](../../unintelligent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The plan was not unintelligent, just unlucky.[↗](../../unintelligent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people wrongly think animals are unintelligent.[↗](../../unintelligent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **unintelligibility** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Unintelligibility is the state of being impossible or very hard to understand, especially speech or writing that cannot be made out.[↗](../../unintelligibility/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The unintelligibility of the old letter made it hard to read.[↗](../../unintelligibility/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The radio message crackled into unintelligibility.[↗](../../unintelligibility/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mumbling leads to unintelligibility.[↗](../../unintelligibility/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The unintelligibility of the code kept the secret safe.[↗](../../unintelligibility/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Teachers complained about the unintelligibility of his handwriting.[↗](../../unintelligibility/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Two dialects can drift towards unintelligibility over centuries.[↗](../../unintelligibility/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **unintelligible** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Unintelligible speech or writing cannot be understood because it is unclear, mumbled, too messy, or in a code or language you do not know.[↗](../../unintelligible/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The message on the radio was unintelligible because of the noise.[↗](../../unintelligible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His handwriting was almost unintelligible.[↗](../../unintelligible/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She muttered something unintelligible and went to bed.[↗](../../unintelligible/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The station announcement was unintelligible over the trains.[↗](../../unintelligible/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby's babble is still unintelligible to visitors.[↗](../../unintelligible/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The code looked like unintelligible nonsense until we found the key.[↗](../../unintelligible/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The longer he spoke with the boatmen, the more unintelligible did their language become to him.[↗](../../unintelligible/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · not to many peoples of an unintelligible speech and of a slow tongue, whose words thou canst not understand.[↗](../../unintelligible/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.3.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../unintelligible/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For thou art not sent to a people of an unintelligible speech and of a slow tongue, but to the house of Israel; (Prophets EZK.3.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../unintelligible/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **unintended** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Unintended means not planned or not meant to happen: an unintended result, unintended harm.[↗](../../unintended/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bringing rabbits to Australia had unintended consequences: they spread everywhere.[↗](../../unintended/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The joke caused unintended hurt to her friend.[↗](../../unintended/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The unintended result of the experiment was a bright green colour.[↗](../../unintended/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His kick sent the ball over the fence, which was unintended.[↗](../../unintended/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cutting the trees had the unintended effect of more flooding.[↗](../../unintended/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **unintentional** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not done on purpose; accidental.[↗](../../unintentional/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sorry, it was unintentional – I didn't see you there.[↗](../../unintentional/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His rude comment was unintentional, but it still hurt.[↗](../../unintentional/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The broken vase was an unintentional accident.[↗](../../unintentional/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The joke had an unintentional double meaning.[↗](../../unintentional/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Even an unintentional mistake should be fixed.[↗](../../unintentional/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The referee decided the handball was unintentional.[↗](../../unintentional/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **unintentionally** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* If you do something unintentionally, you do it by accident, not on purpose.[↗](../../unintentionally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I broke the vase unintentionally when I reached for the ball.[↗](../../unintentionally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He said sorry because he had unintentionally hurt her feelings.[↗](../../unintentionally/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat unintentionally knocked the milk over.[↗](../../unintentionally/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **uninterested** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Uninterested means not interested; not wanting to know about or pay attention to something.[↗](../../uninterested/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat seemed uninterested in its new toy.[↗](../../uninterested/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He was uninterested in football but loved chess.[↗](../../uninterested/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby looked uninterested in the carrots.[↗](../../uninterested/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave an uninterested shrug.[↗](../../uninterested/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't look uninterested when a friend is talking.[↗](../../uninterested/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The audience grew uninterested in the long speech.[↗](../../uninterested/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **uninteresting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Uninteresting means not interesting; dull and boring, so it does not hold your attention.[↗](../../uninteresting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The book had an uninteresting start but got exciting.[↗](../../uninteresting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rainy days at home can feel uninteresting.[↗](../../uninteresting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Try to make your story opening less uninteresting.[↗](../../uninteresting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum was small but not uninteresting.[↗](../../uninteresting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He found maths uninteresting until he met puzzles.[↗](../../uninteresting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The plain grey wall looked uninteresting.[↗](../../uninteresting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · THE deacon of a colored church met Uncle Remus recently, and, after some uninteresting remarks about the weather, asked:[↗](../../uninteresting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **uninterrupted** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Uninterrupted means going on without being stopped or broken.[↗](../../uninterrupted/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An uninterrupted view is one that nothing blocks.[↗](../../uninterrupted/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I want an hour of uninterrupted reading.[↗](../../uninterrupted/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby had six hours of uninterrupted sleep.[↗](../../uninterrupted/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our room had an uninterrupted view of the mountains.[↗](../../uninterrupted/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The rain fell for three uninterrupted days.[↗](../../uninterrupted/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The speech went on uninterrupted for twenty minutes.[↗](../../uninterrupted/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hospitals need an uninterrupted supply of electricity.[↗](../../uninterrupted/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Their united reign became so thoroughly peaceful and happy, and was distinguished by such uninterrupted prosperity, that it was called the Golden Age.[↗](../../uninterrupted/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **uninvited** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Uninvited means not invited; coming or happening without being asked.[↗](../../uninvited/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An uninvited guest came to the princess's party.[↗](../../uninvited/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ants are uninvited guests at a picnic.[↗](../../uninvited/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He turned up uninvited at the sleepover.[↗](../../uninvited/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If you get an uninvited message online, tell an adult.[↗](../../uninvited/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The wasp joined our lunch uninvited.[↗](../../uninvited/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It is rude to walk into someone's house uninvited.[↗](../../uninvited/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **union** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A union is a group of workers who join together to protect their pay and rights (a trade union, a labor union).[↗](../../union/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A union is a group of countries or states joined together, such as the European Union or the United States (once called «the Union»).[↗](../../union/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Union is the act of joining things together.[↗](../../union/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In maths, the union of two sets is all the things that are in one set or the other or both.[↗](../../union/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A union can also mean a marriage between two people.[↗](../../union/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The workers joined a union to ask for fair pay.[↗](../../union/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The United Kingdom is a union of four countries.[↗](../../union/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The union of the sets {1, 2, 3} and {3, 4} is {1, 2, 3, 4}.[↗](../../union/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Union Jack flew over the town hall.[↗](../../union/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The union of two rivers made a big river.[↗](../../union/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Every member of the union voted.[↗](../../union/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · For some years they lived happily together, and their union was blessed by the birth of two sons.[↗](../../union/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **unique** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Unique means being the only one of its kind, unlike anything else: every snowflake is unique.[↗](../../unique/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Unique to something means found only there: koalas are unique to Australia.[↗](../../unique/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Unique is often used to mean very special or unusual.[↗](../../unique/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Every person's fingerprints are unique.[↗](../../unique/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Kangaroos are unique to Australia.[↗](../../unique/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · This puzzle has a unique solution.[↗](../../unique/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school has a unique garden on the roof.[↗](../../unique/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone is unique, so we should not all be the same.[↗](../../unique/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a unique chance to meet a real astronaut.[↗](../../unique/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Each password should be unique so a hacker cannot guess them all.[↗](../../unique/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has a unique fossil found nowhere else.[↗](../../unique/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Such a record is unique in the history of oral tradition, outside Ireland, where, however, it is quite a customary experience in the study of the Finn-saga.[↗](../../unique/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The root SPR thus holds unique metaphysical significance for the SY, alone representing the totality of language by which the world was created and is sustained.[↗](../../unique/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../unique/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For the Lord is unique, He has no second—before one, what can you count?[↗](../../unique/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") \[1:8\] Ten SEFIROT BELIMAH—Keep your mouth from speaking and your heart from conceiving.[↗](../../unique/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../unique/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **uniquely** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Uniquely means in a way that is the only one of its kind, so nothing else is like it.[↗](../../uniquely/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Uniquely can mean especially or particularly, like «uniquely suited».[↗](../../uniquely/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Each person's fingerprints identify them uniquely.[↗](../../uniquely/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Kangaroos are uniquely Australian.[↗](../../uniquely/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The kiwi bird is uniquely found in New Zealand.[↗](../../uniquely/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Every whole number above 1 can be written uniquely as a product of prime numbers.[↗](../../uniquely/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She is uniquely good at solving riddles.[↗](../../uniquely/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cake was uniquely decorated for her birthday.[↗](../../uniquely/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **unison** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* «In unison» means all together, at the same time, with everyone doing the same thing.[↗](../../unison/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A unison is a sound made by several voices or instruments all playing the same note.[↗](../../unison/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The class said the answer in unison.[↗](../../unison/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The birds began to sing in unison at dawn.[↗](../../unison/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They shouted «Hooray!» in unison.[↗](../../unison/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **unit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A unit is an amount used for measuring, like a meter, a kilogram, a liter or an hour.[↗](../../unit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A unit is a single thing, person or group that is part of something bigger.[↗](../../unit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Units (ones) are the place for single numbers: in 47, the 7 is in the units place.[↗](../../unit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A unit is a part of a course or textbook.[↗](../../unit/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Unit 3 is about fractions.[↗](../../unit/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A unit is a flat or apartment in a building, or a piece of furniture: a kitchen unit.[↗](../../unit/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Write the answer in the right unit.[↗](../../unit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The building has 24 units.[↗](../../unit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each unit costs 3 dollars.[↗](../../unit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A meter is a unit of length.[↗](../../unit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In 352, the 2 is in the units place.[↗](../../unit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We are starting Unit 5: Measurement.[↗](../../unit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The second is the unit of time in science.[↗](../../unit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Grams and kilograms are units of mass.[↗](../../unit/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Let my soul not come into their council; unto their assembly let my glory not be united; for in their anger they slew men, and in their self-will they houghed oxen.[↗](../../unit/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../unit/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published prior to January 1st, 1923.[↗](../../unit/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../unit/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The Thirteenth Path is named the Uniting Intelligence and is so called because it is itself the essence of Glory.[↗](../../unit/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../unit/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **unite** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To unite means to join together to make one group or one thing: «The two clubs united.».[↗](../../unite/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To unite people means to bring them together so they work for the same goal.[↗](../../unite/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* United (adjective) means joined together or agreeing.[↗](../../unite/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To unite two people can also mean to marry them.[↗](../../unite/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The whole town united to clean up after the flood.[↗](../../unite/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The two small schools united to make one bigger school.[↗](../../unite/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · England, Scotland and Wales were united under one Parliament in 1707.[↗](../../unite/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Music can unite people from different countries.[↗](../../unite/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The class united behind their captain.[↗](../../unite/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team is united and ready to play.[↗](../../unite/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · «United we stand, divided we fall» is an old saying.[↗](../../unite/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · These cantons are separated by the Rhone, over which is a bridge that unites them.[↗](../../unite/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 41) Our author means to say that the water has a great disposition to unite itself with the caloric, thus for instance is the fire latent in steam, but the air equipoises them.[↗](../../unite/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../unite/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **unity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Being joined together as one, or people agreeing and working together.[↗](../../unity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (maths) The number one; «unity» is an old word for 1.[↗](../../unity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (church) Christians pray for the unity of the church, meaning all believers together as one family.[↗](../../unity/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The team showed real unity in the final.[↗](../../unity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Unity is strength: together we can do more.[↗](../../unity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The country needed unity after the storm.[↗](../../unity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The churches held a service for Christian unity.[↗](../../unity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The class flag was a sign of our unity.[↗](../../unity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In old maths books, unity means the number one.[↗](../../unity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There was no unity in the group; everyone wanted something different.[↗](../../unity/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · 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.[↗](../../unity/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · can only be again a unity.[↗](../../unity/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../unity/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and its reduction to writing, form a unity which produce a creative effect.[↗](../../unity/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") 1 (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../unity/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thought, speech and action are an inseparable unity in the divine being; God made or created, is metaphorically expressed by the word: writing.[↗](../../unity/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../unity/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity\![↗](../../unity/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.133.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../unity/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) … [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/page/11/) **12** [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/page/13/) … [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/page/24/) - ← previous: [page 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/page/11/) - next →: [page 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/page/13/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)