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{
"term": "unanimous",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "if a decision or an opinion is unanimous, it is agreed or shared by everyone in a group",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a unanimous vote"
},
{
"text": "unanimous support"
},
{
"text": "The decision was not unanimous."
},
{
"text": "Unanimous agreement must be reached for this plan to go ahead."
},
{
"text": "The jury reached a unanimous verdict of ‘not guilty’."
},
{
"text": "She was the unanimous choice of the selection committee."
}
],
"topics": ["Preferences and decisions", "Opinion and argument"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be"],
"adverb": ["almost", "nearly", "virtually"],
"preposition": ["about", "in", "on"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "if a group of people are unanimous, they all agree about something",
"sensetop": "unanimous (in something)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Local people are unanimous in their opposition to the proposed new road."
},
{
"text": "The committee were unanimous in rejecting the proposal."
},
{
"text": "They were unanimous in this decision."
},
{
"text": "The experts are not unanimous on this point."
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be"],
"adverb": ["almost", "nearly", "virtually"],
"preposition": ["about", "in", "on"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/juˈnænɪməs/",
"audio": "un/unanimous/unanimous__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/juˈnænɪməs/",
"audio": "un/unanimous/unanimous__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin unanimus (from unus ‘one’ + animus ‘mind’) + -ous."
}