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unitary | united |

As an adjective unitary

is having the quality of oneness.

As a noun unitary

is (uk) a unitary council.

As a proper noun united is

(chiefly|british) any of many football teams formed by the amalgamation of smaller ones.

unitary

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Having the quality of oneness.
  • (government) Relating to a system of government in which sovereign power is concentrated in a single body instead of being shared or possessed by more local bodies.
    • Ex.
  • (mathematics) Pertaining to a unit.
    • Ex.

    Antonyms

    * (government) federalist

    Derived terms

    * unitariness * unitarity

    Noun

    (unitaries)
  • (UK) A unitary council
  • (mathematics) A unitary operator

    • united

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (unite)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Joined into a single entity.
  • Involving the joint activity of multiple agents.

    • Anagrams

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