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   unison

   /ˈjuːnɪs(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. simultaneous performance or utterance of action or speech: "‘Yes, sir,’ said the girls in unison"
   • 2. coincidence in pitch of sounds or notes: "the flutes play in unison with the violas"
   • ▪ a combination of notes, voices, or instruments at the same pitch or (especially when singing) in octaves: "good unisons are formed by flutes, oboes, and clarinets"

   adjective

   • 1. performed in unison: "unison congregational singing"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in unison (sense 2 of the noun)): from Old French, or from late Latin unisonus, from Latin uni- ‘one’ + sonus ‘sound’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. unisonant adjective
   • 2. unisonous adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

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