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# unanimously

«unanimously» in Mova's school dictionary: **done unanimously, everyone in the group agrees to it and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (unanimously)

### meaning for a pupil

If something is done unanimously, everyone in the group agrees to it and nobody is against it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unanimously/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in reports of votes and decisions at school councils, in parliaments, courts and clubs: «voted unanimously», «agreed unanimously», «unanimously elected». It tells the reader the whole group was on one side.

### examples

- The school council voted unanimously to plant more trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unanimously/#x1)
- Maya was unanimously chosen as team captain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unanimously/#x2)
- The judges unanimously agreed that the cake was the best. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unanimously/#x3)
- The motion was passed unanimously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unanimously/#x4)
- The players unanimously decided to share the prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unanimously/#x5)
- The new rule was adopted unanimously by the club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unanimously/#x6)
- The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on the resolution. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unanimously/#x7)
- Popular opinion unanimously decided in favour of Odysseus, which verdict was confirmed by the Trojan prisoners who were present at the engagement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unanimously/#x8)

### note

Adverb from «unanimous». «Unanimously» means every single person; «by a large majority» means most but not all. In maths: if a class of 28 voted unanimously, 28 voted yes and 0 voted no.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unanimously» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unanimously/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.