unique en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /juːˈniːk/
- /jəˈ-/ weak vowel merger
Etymology
Borrowed from French unique, from Latin unicus.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched.
Every person has a unique life, therefore every person has a unique journey.
‘[…] There's every Staffordshire crime-piece ever made in this cabinet, and that's unique. The Van Hoyer Museum in New York hasn't that very rare second version of Maria Marten's Red Barn over there, nor the little Frederick George Manning—he was the criminal Dickens saw hanged on the roof of the gaol in Horsemonger Lane, by the way—’
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:3. Both were written and published with the same unique chorus structure; 4. Both compositions were written and published with the same unique harmonic structure;
1941, Allen v. Walt Disney:Admiralty Island contains unique resources of scientific interest which need protection to assure continued opportunities for study.
1978, Jimmy Carter, Proclamation 4611:Perhaps the reader will wonder why we have placed our " beings " on a sphere rather than on another closed surface. But this choice has its justification in the fact that, of all closed surfaces, the sphere is unique in possessing the property that all points on it are equivalent.
1920, Robert W. Lawson, Relativity: The Special and General Theory, translation of original by Albert Einstein:A very interesting history of United Nations at war in Korea, done in an^([sic]) unique question and answer style.
1998, Paul M. Edwards, The Korean War: An Annotated Bibliography, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 114:GPS assigns a unique C/A code and a unique P code to each satellite.
2002, The American Practical Navigator:
- Of a feature, such that only one holder has it.
- Particular, characteristic.
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(often, proscribed) Rare or unusual.
And as I look back, it seems to me that we were fairly unique, the sixty of us, in that there wasn’t one good mixer in the bunch.
1950, J.D. Salinger, For Esmé—With Love and Squalor:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| uniquest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| unick | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| most unique | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unique | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| unic | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| uniquer | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
uniquity · universally unique identifier · uniquify · uniqueness · uniquel · uniquification · biunique · unique key · ununique · nonunique · uniq fruit · uniquely · unique factorization domain · unique factorization ring · non-unique · unique identifier · unique identification number · unique-headed bug
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
newfangled · novel · original · unprecedented
Relateds
unicity · first and last · one of a kind · one-off · solitary · strange · nonesuch · snowflake · one-of-a-kind · inimitable · sole · ideal · uniqueness · paragon
Synonyms
one-off · only · azygous · unrivalled · singular · unequaled · matchless · singular · incomparable · unmatched · peerless · one of a kind · sui generis · sui generis · unparalleled · alone · nonpareil · unique
Translations (132)
it singolare ((of a feature)) · nl uniek (one of a kind) · uk неповто́рний (one of a kind) · ko 희한(稀罕)하다 (one of a kind) · mi tūhāhā (one of a kind) · mk исклучи́телен ((of a feature)) · pl wyjątkowy (one of a kind) · id unik (one of a kind) · ca únic (one of a kind) · uz noyob (one of a kind) · ka უნიკალური (one of a kind) · el μοναδικός (one of a kind) · ka შეუდარებელი (one of a kind) · sv enastående (one of a kind) · eo ununura (one of a kind) · ru исключи́тельный (one of a kind) · gl único (one of a kind) · eo unika (one of a kind) · ko 독특(獨特)하다 (one of a kind) · ro unic (one of a kind) · ko 유일무이(唯一無二)하다 (one of a kind) · mk е́динствен (one of a kind) · ru еди́нственный (one of a kind) · cs unikátní (one of a kind) · tg беҳамто (one of a kind) · mk исклучи́телен (one of a kind) · tr ünik (one of a kind) · ar فَرِيد (one of a kind) · la ūnicus (one of a kind) · hi अनोखा (one of a kind) · fa بیمانند (one of a kind) · es único (one of a kind) · it peculiare (one of a kind) · vi có một không hai (one of a kind) · ar فَذّ (one of a kind) · sd منفرد (one of a kind) · tg нодир (one of a kind) · sv unik (one of a kind) · uk єди́ний (one of a kind) · be уніка́льны (one of a kind) · ab зеиԥшҟамла́ц (one of a kind) · es señero (one of a kind) · gl senlleiro (one of a kind) · ab а́дазҳәазҵам (one of a kind) · pl unikatowy (one of a kind) · pl unikalny (one of a kind) · ka განუმეორებელი (one of a kind) · cmn 特異 /特异 (one of a kind) · it speciale ((of a feature)) · mk уника́тен (one of a kind) · tg беназир (one of a kind) · ja ユニーク (one of a kind) · ja 唯一 (one of a kind) · de einzig (one of a kind) · cmn 獨一無二 /独一无二 (one of a kind) · os иунӕт (one of a kind) · bg уника́лен (one of a kind) · tr benzersiz (one of a kind) · ko 유일(唯一)하다 (one of a kind) · sk jedinečný (one of a kind) · ab и́заҵәу (one of a kind) · km ពិសេស (one of a kind) · da unik (one of a kind) · de einzigartig (one of a kind) · sh једѝнствен (one of a kind) · et unikaalne (one of a kind) · ab иҷы́доу (one of a kind) · hy եզակի (one of a kind) · bg еди́нствен (one of a kind) · tr eşsiz (one of a kind) · ab зда́ҟам (one of a kind) · vi độc nhất vô nhị (one of a kind) · ang ænlic (one of a kind) · it speciale (one of a kind) · hi अनूठा (one of a kind) · it originale ((of a feature)) · vi độc nhất (one of a kind) · grc μοναχός (one of a kind) · gd air leth (one of a kind) · nb unik (one of a kind) · ga uathúil (one of a kind) · hu egyedi (one of a kind) · io unika (one of a kind) · ab иуника́лу (one of a kind) · gd àraidh (one of a kind) · sh jedìnstven (one of a kind) · de unikal (one of a kind) · tg ягона (one of a kind) · sk unikátny (one of a kind) · tr özgün (one of a kind) · ab ихазу́ (one of a kind) · hu egyedülálló (one of a kind) · kk бірегей (one of a kind) · be непаўто́рны (one of a kind) · be адзі́ны (one of a kind) · ru неповтори́мый (one of a kind) · fr unique (one of a kind) · ab зеиԥшы́ҟам (one of a kind) · cs jedinečný (one of a kind) · fa منحصربفرد (one of a kind) · af uniek (one of a kind) · et ainulaadne (one of a kind) · hy ունիկալ (one of a kind) · ka უბადლო (one of a kind) · ru уника́льный (one of a kind) · pt único (one of a kind) · cy unigryw (one of a kind) · av цӏакъаб (one of a kind) · ar وَحِيد (one of a kind) · az unikal (one of a kind) · fi ainutlaatuinen (one of a kind) · da enestående (one of a kind) · bg уникален ((of a feature)) · uz nodir (one of a kind) · mi ahurei (one of a kind) · cmn 唯一 (one of a kind) · fa یکتا (one of a kind) · bg неповтори́м (one of a kind) · uk уніка́льний (one of a kind) · jv unik (one of a kind) · pl niepowtarzalny (one of a kind) · ka ერთადერთი (one of a kind) · it unico (one of a kind) · nan-hbl 特異 /特异 (one of a kind) · gl sobranceiro (one of a kind) · fa تک ((of a feature)) · ky сейрек (one of a kind) · ab ҷы́далатәи (one of a kind) · ab а́даздам (one of a kind) · ja 唯一無二 (one of a kind) · vi duy nhất (one of a kind) · sl edinstven (one of a kind)