unison

IPA: jˈunʌsʌn

Root Word: UNISON

(Britain, labor union) A public-sector trade union in the United Kingdom.
(music, acoustics) Identical pitch between two notes or sounds; the simultaneous playing of notes of identical pitch (or separated by one or more octaves).
(music, acoustics) A sound or note having the same pitch as another, especially when used as the base note for an interval; a unison string.
The state of being in harmony or agreement; harmonious agreement or togetherness, synchronisation.
(by extension) Two or more voices speaking or singing the same words together.

Examples of "unison" in Sentences

Just before coming back on air from the commercial, the crew counted down in unison:
#373 patrick5-the thought of their drool hitting their keyboards in unison is rather an entertaining one.
But the extended prayer in unison is a metallic Procrusteanism, which absolutely defies the rationale of the whole business, which is the communication of meaning.
Margie and Gillam said in unison from the back seat "Lang --" but Ginny turned swiftly and began explaining in a low voice that "Pardon my French" was Texas for "Point taken and appreciated."
But unlike a regular dimmer the Leviton was able to dim all the bulbs in unison in a light fixture with multiple bulbs and when dimming rooms where multiple lights are controlled by one switch.
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe welcomed guests to the new "friendship garden," greeting a crowd of children that responded, in unison, with a pitch-perfect "ohayo gozaimasu," or good morning.
January 27th, 2007 at 5: 11 am PST leaving a smug nest of do-gooders behind to fix all of our problems by complaining about them in unison typical right-wing rant. this blog’s author attacks companies all the time for all sorts of stuff, but gosh forbid somebody else do it, then it’s a just ‘a smug nest of do-gooders‘ trying to ‘fix all of our problems by complaining about them in unison‘.