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   unique

   /juːˈniːk/

   adjective

   • 1. being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else: "this discovery was unique in history" Similar distinctiveindividualspecialespecialidiosyncraticquirkyeccentricisolatedsinglesoleloneunrepeatedunrepeatablesolitaryexclusiveonlyone and onlyin a class by itselfrareuncommonunusualpeculiarnovelstrangeoddsui generisinformal:one-offOpposite commonordinary
   • ▪ belonging or connected to (one particular person, place, or thing): "a style of architecture that is unique to Portugal" Similar peculiarspecificparticularfound only incharacteristic oftypical of
   • ▪ particularly remarkable, special, or unusual: "a unique opportunity to see the spectacular Bolshoi Ballet" Similar remarkablespecialsingularnoteworthynotablesignaloutstandingextraordinaryunequalledwithout equalunparalleledunmatchedmatchlesspeerlessnonpareilunsurpassedunexcelledincomparablebeyond comparesuperiorinimitablesecond to nonerare:unexampledOpposite unremarkable

   noun

   • 1. a unique person or thing: archaic "some of Lamb's writings were so memorably beautiful as to be uniques in their class"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French, from Latin unicus, from unus ‘one’.

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   Unique definition: existing as the only one or as the sole example; single; solitary in type or characteristics. See examples of UNIQUE used in a sentence.

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   • While the synonyms strange and unique are close in meaning, strange stresses unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable. Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of...

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   • Some common synonyms of unique are eccentric, erratic, odd, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, singular, and strange. While all these words mean "departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected," unique implies singularity and the fact of being without a known parallel. When would eccentric be a good substitute for unique?

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   Where did unique come from?

   • Unique dates back to the 17th century but was little used until the end of the 18th when, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, it was reacquired from French. H. J. Todd entered it as a foreign word in his edition (1818) of Johnson's Dictionary, characterizing it as "affected and useless."

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   • Definition of unique adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary being the only one of its kind Everyone's fingerprints are unique. Each item has a unique 6-digit code. unique in something Her lawyer said the case was unique in French law.

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