unique

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective radically distinctive and without equal
  2. adjective (followed by `to') applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality
  3. adjective the single one of its kind

Etymology

Borrowed from French unique, from Latin unicus. Doublet of unic.

In classic literature

Synonyms

alone, unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled

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