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# unity

«unity» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being joined together as one, or people agreeing and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (unity; plural unities is rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Being joined together as one, or people agreeing and working together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#m1)

2) (maths) The number one; «unity» is an old word for 1. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#m2)

3) (church) Christians pray for the unity of the church, meaning all believers together as one family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and on the news unity means a team, family or country standing together. In maths, very old or advanced books say «unity» for 1. In church life it links to ecumenism, when different churches work together. Phrases: «in unity», «national unity», «a show of unity», «unity is strength».

### examples

- The team showed real unity in the final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#x1)
- Unity is strength: together we can do more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#x2)
- The country needed unity after the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#x3)
- The churches held a service for Christian unity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#x4)
- The class flag was a sign of our unity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#x5)
- In old maths books, unity means the number one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#x6)
- There was no unity in the group; everyone wanted something different. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#x7)
- 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. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unity/#x8)

### note

Usually uncountable. Adjective: united; verb: unite. Do not confuse with «uniformity», which means everything is the same; unity can include different people working together.

### In the corpora

- [Ecumenism means churches working together and seeking unity, for example in shared services and charities.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/29-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-ii/13/)
- [Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2451/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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