Unanimous
[juː'nænɪməs] or [jʊ'nænəməs]
Definition
(a.) Being of one mind; agreeing in opinion, design, or determination; consentient; not discordant or dissentient; harmonious; as, the assembly was unanimous; the members of the council were unanimous.
(a.) Formed with unanimity; indicating unanimity; having the agreement and consent of all; agreed upon without the opposition or contradiction of any; as, a unanimous opinion; a unanimous vote.
Editor: Quentin
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Concordant, agreeing, harmonious, like-minded, of one mind.
Edited by Angelina
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Of_one_mind, agreeing, like-minded
ANT:Discordant, disagreeing
Checker: Victoria
Examples
- In this opinion they are almost unanimous; and it is only in the inference they draw from it, that they discover any difference in their sentiments. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The acclamations of thousands applauded the unanimous award of the Prince and marshals, announcing that day's honours to the Disinherited Knight. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Except in certain specified instances the league of this Covenant could make only unanimous decisions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Again consulting the mirror, it reflected an unanimous vote against her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- No other visitor appeared that evening, and the ladies were unanimous in agreeing to go early to bed. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- This proposition, like the other, was received with unanimous applause. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The two physicians, for a wonder, turned out to be unanimous, or rather, though of different minds, they concurred in action. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You are making a most disgraceful connection, and such a one as your family are unanimous in disapproving. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The trip can be extended, and the route changed, by unanimous vote of the passengers. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- With a Democrat elected by the unanimous vote of the Slave States, there could be no pretext for secession for four years. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I showed them my plans, and the unanimous decision of the engineers was that it was absolutely and utterly impracticable. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We are all unanimous in that wish, I suppose, said Elinor, in spite of the insufficiency of wealth. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Here there could be no mistaking the predominance of personality--the unanimous Oh! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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