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 Definitions of unison  [ˈyu nə sən, -zən]  

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Definition of 'unison' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) unison
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.

2.  unison
the performance of musical parts at the same pitch or at the octave.

3.  unison
a sounding together in octaves, esp. of male and female voices or of higher and lower instruments of the same class.

4.  unison
a state or process in which all members or elements behave in the same way at the same time.

5.  unison
in unison,

6.  unison
in perfect accord; in synchrony or agreement:
to march in unison; My feelings are in unison with yours.

7.  unison
at the same time; all at once:
students shouting answers in unison.

Etymology:  (1565–75; < ML ūnisonus of a single sound = L ūni-uni - +sonus sound)

Definition of 'unison' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) unison
corresponding exactly
"marching in unison"

2. (noun) unison
occurring together or simultaneously
"the two spoke in unison"

3. (noun) unison
(music) two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch or in octaves
"singing in unison"


Definition of 'unison' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) unison
in unison
all together
to sing in unison


Definition of 'unison' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) unison
harmony; agreement; concord; union

2. (noun) unison
identity in pitch; coincidence of sounds proceeding from an equality in the number of vibrations made in a given time by two or more sonorous bodies. Parts played or sung in octaves are also said to be in unison, or in octaves

3. (noun) unison
a single, unvaried

4. (noun) unison
sounding alone

5. (noun) unison
sounded alike in pitch; unisonant; unisonous; as, unison passages, in which two or more parts unite in coincident sound


Translation of 'unison' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an identical musical note, or series of notes, produced by several voices singing, or instruments playing, together
They sang in unison.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: sáám Arabic flag Arabic: وِحْدَة النَّغَمات Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: съзвучие
Brazilian flag Brazilian: uníssono Czech flag Czech: jednohlas German flag German: der Einklang
Danish flag Danish: kor Greek flag Greek: μουσική αρμονία Spanish flag Spanish: unísono
Estonian flag Estonian: unisoon Farsi flag Farsi: قطعۀ تک آوا Finnish flag Finnish: yksiääninen
French flag French: unisson Hebrew flag Hebrew: בְּתֵיאוּם Hindi flag Hindi: एकसुर
Croatian flag Croatian: jednoglasje Hungarian flag Hungarian: uniszónó Indonesian flag Indonesian: perpaduan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: einröddun, einhljómur Italian flag Italian: unisono Japanese flag Japanese: 斉唱
Korean flag Korean: 동일음 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: unisonas Latvian flag Latvian: unisons
Malay flag Malay: serentak Dutch flag Dutch: unisono Norwegian flag Norwegian: enstemmig sang/klang
Polish flag Polish: unisono Portuguese flag Portuguese: uníssono Romanian flag Romanian: unison
Russian flag Russian: унисон Slovak flag Slovak: jednohlas Slovenian flag Slovenian: enoglasje
Serbian flag Serbian: sazvučje Swedish flag Swedish: samklang, harmoni, unison Thai flag Thai: เสียงเดียวกัน
Turkish flag Turkish: ahenk, birlik Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 齊唱 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: унісон
Urdu flag Urdu: اتحاد، ہم آہنگي Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hợp xướng Chinese flag Chinese: 齐唱

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