how to pronounce unity

/ˈjunətiː/

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unity is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of unity in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… is that it's it's a unity you know it's …”

meanings of unity

name:

A small unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky.
An unincorporated community in Scotland County, Missouri.
A small town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
An unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois, also known as Hodges Park Station.
An unincorporated community in Adams County, Ohio.
A town and census-designated place in Waldo County, Maine.
An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Georgia.
A village in Clark County and Marathon County, Wisconsin, located partly within the town of Unity.
A state of South Sudan.
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
A tiny city in Baker County, Oregon.
A small town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
A female given name from English.
An unorganized territory in Kennebec County, Maine.
An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.
A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.

noun:

A single undivided thing, seen as complete in itself.
Any of the three classical rules of drama: unity of action (nothing should be admitted not directly relevant to the development of the plot), unity of place (the scenes should be set in the same place), and unity of time (all the events should be such as might happen within a single day).
Agreement; harmony.
The form of consensus in a Quaker meeting for business which signals that a decision has been reached. In order to achieve unity, everyone who does not agree with the decision must explicitly stand aside, possibly being recorded in the minutes as doing so.
The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.
The number 1 or any element of a set or field that behaves under a given operation as the number 1 behaves under multiplication.
Oneness; the state or fact of being one undivided entity.

unity frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word unity occurs in english on average 15.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics unity can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that unity can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;

3) people, society, and culture;