unique

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/juːˈniːk/

adj 4noun 1

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(adj.)

VERBS

make sb/sth

Her combination of musical talent and humor makes her unique among all the performers we've seen.

ADV

quite, totally, truly

Her painting style is totally unique compared to other artists in the gallery.

by no means, far from, hardly

Many successful entrepreneurs discover that their business ideas are far from unique.

almost, virtually | apparently

PREP

That recipe is unique to my grandmother's family and has been passed down for generations.

Definitions

adj

Being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched.

Every person has a unique life, therefore every person has a unique journey.

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.

Of a feature, such that only one holder has it.

Particular, characteristic.

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.

noun

A thing without a like; something unequalled or unparallelled; one of a kind.

The phoenix, the unique of birds.

[…] uniques of the game, Sauron and Morgoth, are found on levels 99 and 100 of the dungeon respectively, […]

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Synonyms

adjective — radically distinctive and without equal

unequaled
unequalled
unparalleled

adjective — the single one of its kind

singular

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

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Every person has a unique life, therefore every person has a unique journey.

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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

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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;

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The phoenix, the unique of birds.

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[…] uniques of the game, Sauron and Morgoth, are found on levels 99 and 100 of the dungeon respectively, […]

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The more unique each person is, the more he contributes to the wisdom of others.

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