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unanimité

unanimity, unanimous agreement

noun ew-nah-nee-mee-TEH Rare

Usage Note

Unanimité is almost always used in the phrase à l'unanimité ('unanimously'). Faire l'unanimité means to win everyone over — a positive idiom (ce projet fait l'unanimité — everyone agrees on this project). The adjective is unanime and the adverb unanimement.

Examples

"La décision a été prise à l'unanimité."

Natural Translation

The decision was made unanimously.

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