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Definitions: In Unison |
In UnisonAdverb1. Speaking or singing at the same time; simultaneously; "they shouted `Yes!' in unison"; "they responded in chorus to the teacher's questions". 2. In complete agreement; "my feelings about the matter are in unison with yours". 3. At the same pitch; "they sang in unison". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: In UnisonSynonyms: in accord (adv), in chorus (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agreement | Adjective: agreeing, suiting; Verb: in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial; coherent; becoming; harmonious reconcilable, conformable; in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with; Noun: at one with, of one mind, of a piece; consistent, compatible, proportionate; commensurate; on all fours. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: In Unison |
| English words defined with "in unison": aeolian harp, aeolian lyre, Archilute ♦ chorus, collude, conspire ♦ Greek chorus ♦ hobble, hopple, Hurdy-gurdy ♦ in accord ♦ Perfect chord, Plain song ♦ synchronisation, synchronised, synchronising, synchronization, synchronized, synchronizing ♦ To keep stroke ♦ Unisonal, Unisonant, Unisonous ♦ wind harp. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "in unison": CHIP TUNER ♦ foundation bar ♦ In the pocket ♦ phased-array receiver ♦ scroll in unison. (references) |
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Screenplays | We flow in unison. We're together. (Human Traffic; writing credit: Justin Kerrigan) | |
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![]() | Photo #1 of sequence. Pole and line fishing with six poles working in unison.Credit: Fisheries. | ![]() | Pole and line fishing with two poles working in unison. Big tunas like this are often landed on two poles in the Hawaiian fishery.Credit: Fisheries. |
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| A large group of men chanting in unison rhythm and pitch. | |
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Theodore Roosevelt | To-night while I was preparing to dictate a message to Congress concerning the boiling caldron on the Isthmus of Panama, which has now begun to bubble over, up came one of the ushers with a telegram from you and Ted about the football match. Instantly I bolted into the next room to read it aloud to mother and sister, and we all cheered in unison when we came to the Rah! Rah! Rah! part of it. It was a great score. I wish I could have seen the game. |
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Political Economy | COSTA RICA | Costa Rica has reduced most tariff rates for imported goods to 15 percent or lower in unison with its Central American neighbors. (references) |
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Expressions using "in unison": act in unison with smb. ♦ be in unison with smth. ♦ in unison with ♦ scroll in unison. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "in unison"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | synkroniseret rulning (scroll in unison, synchronized scroll), sammenhørende rulning (scroll in unison, synchronized scroll). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | synchroon schuiven (scroll in unison, synchronized scroll). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | yksiääninen laulu (singing in unison), synkronoitu rullaus (scroll in unison, synchronized scroll). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | défilement synchronisé (scroll in unison). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unisono (unison), einstimmig (by a unanimous vote, concordant, concordantly, for one voice, solid, solidly, unanimous, unanimously, unison). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συγχρονισμένη κύλιση περιεχομένου παραθύρων (scroll in unison, synchronized scroll), ταυτόχρονη κύλιση περιεχομένου παραθύρων (scroll in unison, synchronized scroll). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | egyetértésben cselekszik (to act in unison with sy), egy szólamban énekel (to sing in unison). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | serentak (coeval, contemporaneous, simultaneous), bersamaan (coincide, incidentally, together with), berbareng (at the same time, together). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scorrimento simultaneo (scroll in unison, synchronized scroll). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 群立ち (standing in a group, standing up in unison), 総立ち (standing in a group, standing up in unison), 揃い踏み (sumo stamping on the ring in unison), 叢立ち (standing in a group, standing up in unison), 一口同音 (reading in unison, saying the same thing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そう ち (standing in a group, standing up in unison), そろいぶみ (sumo stamping on the ring in unison), いっくどうお" (reading in unison, saying the same thing), むら ち (standing in a group, standing up in unison). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inay isonunay desfilamento sincronizado (scroll in unison, synchronized scroll). (various references) la unison. (various references) desplazamiento sincronizado (scroll in unison, synchronized scroll). (various references) synkroniserad rullning (scroll in unison, synchronized scroll). (various references) hep birlikte (all together, en masse, in a body, in toto, with one accord), hep bir ağızdan (all together, at once, with one voice). (various references) yn unsain. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-i-n-n-n-o-s-u" | |
-2 letters: inions, ninons, unions, unison. | |
-3 letters: inion, ninon, nouns, union. | |
-4 letters: inns, ions, nisi, noun, nous, nuns, onus, sunn. | |
-5 letters: inn, ins, ion, nos, nun, nus, ons, sin, son, sou, sun, uns. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-i-n-n-n-o-s-u" | |
+2 letters: inunctions, nonsuiting, outsinning, unionising. | |
+3 letters: injunctions, insinuation, interunions, inundations, nonmusician. | |
+4 letters: enunciations, insinuations, internuncios, nonbuildings, noninclusion, nonintrusive, nonmusicians, unionisation, unnourishing. | |
+5 letters: annunciations, antineutrinos, consanguinity, continuations, denunciations, discontinuing, ingeniousness, nonchauvinist, nondiapausing, noninclusions, nonindigenous, nonindustrial, noninfectious, nonlinguistic, nonnutritious, nonuniversity, renunciations, unionisations, unionizations, unquestioning. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E      55 6E 69 73 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 00100000 01010101 01101110 01101001 01110011 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n   U n i s o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E      0055 006E 0069 0073 006F 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43802558075858180 |
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