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textbook or a series
of lessons is divided # ju ; :
The
present perfect is covered in Unit 8. 8
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FLAT/APARTMENT/HOUSE fi t: 9 (also home unit)
(AustralE,
NZE) a single flat/apartment or house in a
building or group of buildings containing a number of them (
— ) $; Aft
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NUMBER 10 any whole number from 0 to 9 '
Uni tarian /juim'tearian; NAmE -'ter-/ noun a member of a Christian Church that does not believe in the
Trinity and has no formal teachings ft ft—
&ft
Wftft ( )
► Uni tar ian adj. Unitarian-ism /-izam/ noun [U] uni tary /'juinatri; NAmE -teri/ adj. 1 (technical ft iff) (of a country or an organization consisting of a
number of areas or groups that are joined together and are
controlled by one government or group H ft (ft; HE ; ft : a
single unitary state ftAH
r^J 0 “U. o (BrE) a unitary authority (= a type of local council, introduced in some areas
from 1995 to replace existing local governments which consisted of county and
district councils) # — i ft, Sfqftilu^llM^"
(1995
IP, ) 2 {formal) single; forming
one unit
Unite Otw /ju'nait/ verb
1 [V] ~ (in sth/in doing sth) | ~ (behind/against
sb/sth)
to join together with other people in order to do sth as
a group ( AHH ) @3£n: Local resident
groups have united in opposition to the plan. ifelgj K OWe will unite in fighting crime. 0
0 Will they
unite
behind the new leader? o
Nationalist
parties united to oppose the government’s plans. 2 ~ (sb/sth)
(with sb/sth) to make people or things join together to form a unit;
to join together ( K
ft; HE —: [VN] A special bond unites our two
countries. —o His aim was to unite
business skills with a charming personality, — ft # ilf 0 [V] The two countries united in 1887. MBA 1887 ftft#D united o-w /ju'naitid/ adj.
1 (of
countries B M) joined together as a political unit or by shared aims
®fft(HJ; HE—[ft: the United States of America HfiJMft ftB 0 efforts to build a united Europe gfciWW&ij 2 (of people or groups A^EI¥ft) in agreement and working
together ftiSf [ft; —|St (ft; g| Hi (ft: We need to become a more united team.
—AH/JPB^(ft
PAffio o They
are united in their opposition to the plan. iftMH — Utix.X'j'j&'M+jcIJo 0 We should present a united front (= an appearance of being in agreement with each
other). fl J ic ft fJM# @3 Hi —
3 used in the names of some
teams and companies ( Hift ) : Manchester United #
5£PA 0 United Distillers KftgliiftB the U,nited 'Free Church noun [sing.] a church formed in Scotland in 1900 from the union of the Free
Church of Scotland and the United Presbyterian Church
() «ft a (1900 i
the U.nited 'Kingdom noun [sing.] (abbr. (the)
the U.nited 'Nations noun [sing.+sing./pl. v.] (abbr. (the) UN) an association of many countries which aims to improve
economic and social conditions and to solve political problems in the world in
a peaceful way
ftB
the .United Nations Security Council noun
= Security Council
United .Press Inter'national noun (abbr. UPl) a
wmm± d ■
the U.nited States (of A merica) noun (abbr. (the)
found with a plural verb
after it, this is quite rare and it is much more common to use a singular verb.
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at American
.unit 'trust (BrE) (NAmE 'mutual fund) noun a
company that offers a service to people by investing their money in various
different businesses r] (
unity /'juinati/ noun (pi. -ies) 1 [U, sing.] the state of being in agreement
and working together; the state of being joined together to form one unit @3 Hi
— lit; $£ ft; HE—; European unity gfciWlftHE- 0 a pica for
unity within the party lift ft; ft @3 Hi (ft (ft0? 0 unity of
purpose fil ft —lit f*T33 disunity 2 [U] (in art, etc. zt A#) the state of looking or
being complete in a natural and pleasing way A $ ; % H ; i% , 1A
ifl The design lacks unity. j&Jjjfi&ifll'A 3 [C]
(in literature
and theatre $cl!ij) any of the principles of clas
sical or neoclassical
theatre that restrict the action of a play to a single story, day and place ( ffA, J'f |b]
fn
action, time and place HAitlA NT0]4fli&,&—Sfc(ftH
- W 4 [sing.] (formal) a single
thing that may consist of a number of different parts HE — ft #; :
If
society is to exist as a
unity, its members must have shared values, ft^¥HE—
Wt M M W ^ W ift ft M o 5 [U]
(mathematics the number one ( tfc g ) —
Univ. abbr. (in
writing) University ( 4^® A ) A¥
uni-versa I /ju:m'v3isl; NAmE -'V3:rsl/ adj.
1 done by or involving all the people in the world or in a particular group £ B ift : Such
problems are a universal
feature of old age.
^
¥ A (ft il 3^ o O Agreement on this issue is almost
universal. & 4s B fg Jl ¥- # £ fa — M „ 0
universal suffrage (= the right of all the
people in a country to vote) 2
true or right at all times and
in all places # universal facts
about human nature A ft # ill M ►
uni-ver-sal-ity /ju:mv3:'sael0ti; NAmE -V3:r's-/ noun: the
universality of religious experience
uni versal 'grammar noun [U, C] (linguistics W) the set of rules that is thought to be
able to describe all languages
mm)
.uni.versal 'indicator noun (chemistry it) a substance that changes colour when
another substance touches it, indicating whether it is an acid or an alkali 11 tH A
m )
uni-ver-sal-ly /ju:m'v3:s9li; NAmE -'V3irs-/ adv. 1 by everyone ft itfe; — gc Mfe; 4^ B fill: to
be universally accepted % 3\ far ® ft ^ 2 everywhere or in every situation
!(]ft; This treatment is
not universally
available. O
The theory does not apply universally.
wnti.
.uni.versal 'set noun (mathematics $k) a set containing all the elements of a
problem that is being considered
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Uni versal Time noun [u] = GMT
uni-verse
0"» /'ju:nrv3:s; NAmE-V3:rs/ noun 1 the universe [sing.] the whole of
space and everything in it, including the earth, the planets and the stars ¥ttf; A ft $9; ft#.: theories of how the universe began 2 [C] a system of
stars, planets, etc. in
space outside our own (
The idea of a parallel universe is hard to grasp. o He
lives in a little universe
of his own. § S Eft/bft