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unison
[ yoo-nuh-suhn, -zuhn ]
noun
- coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- the musical interval of a perfect prime.
- the performance of musical parts at the same pitch or at the octave.
- a sounding together in octaves, especially of male and female voices or of higher and lower instruments of the same class.
- a process in which all elements behave in the same way at the same time; simultaneous or synchronous parallel action:
to march in unison.
UNISON
1/ ˈjuːnɪsən /
noun
- (in Britain) a trade union representing local government, health care, and other workers: formed in 1993 by the amalgamation of COHSE, NALGO, and NUPE
unison
2/ -zən; ˈjuːnɪsən /
noun
- music
- the interval between two sounds of identical pitch
- modifier played or sung at the same pitch
unison singing
- complete agreement; harmony (esp in the phrase in unison )
Derived Forms
- uˈnisonous, adjective
Other Words From
- non·uni·son noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of unison1
Idioms and Phrases
- in unison, in perfect accord; corresponding exactly:
My feelings on the subject are in unison with yours.
Example Sentences
I remember thinking that as we moved him in unison from the stretcher to the OR bed.
If you’ve ever seen a bowl of fruit going bad in unison as days go by, know that it’s not because your bananas, pears, and apples made a pact to check out at the same time.
They do things like saying words in unison, they put the words into mouths of prestigious individuals.
The seven sailors point their rifles skyward and fire three times in unison, shattering the silence at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
It swirls into a funnel, then cartwheels to the side, shapeshifting in seemingly effortless unison.
She found a way to make little kitten steps to the microphone in unison with the music.
In a half-circle around a blazing campfire, the women shake rattles in creepy unison.
Billed by the curators as a “dialogue,” the show is ultimately more like two voices communing in completely matched unison.
Pointing to the elevator bank, they say in unison, "Eleventh floor."
We sobbed in unison when Meryl Streep could barely talk about her husband without becoming visibly verklempt and touched.
Alessandro turned a grateful look on Ramona as he translated this speech, so in unison with Indian modes of thought and feeling.
The natural result was that anything further than unison coupling was seldom attempted.
The twain immediately started, and roared in unison with their host most tremendously!
“Out of sight,” comes the general verdict from the crowd, and bang go a dozen beer glasses in unison on the heavy table.
The deep, dull murmurings of the multitude swelled in unison with the sighings of the storm rising upon the somber night.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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