{
    "term": "unanimous",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "if a decision or an opinion is unanimous, it is agreed or shared by everyone in a group",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a unanimous vote"
                },
                {
                    "text": "unanimous support"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The decision was not unanimous."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unanimous agreement must be reached for this plan to go ahead."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The jury reached a unanimous verdict of ‘not guilty’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was the unanimous choice of the selection committee."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions", "Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["almost", "nearly", "virtually"],
                "preposition": ["about", "in", "on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "if a group of people are unanimous, they all agree about something",
            "sensetop": "unanimous (in something)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Local people are unanimous in their opposition to the proposed new road."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The committee were unanimous in rejecting the proposal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were unanimous in this decision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The experts are not unanimous on this point."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["almost", "nearly", "virtually"],
                "preposition": ["about", "in", "on"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/juˈnænɪməs/",
                "audio": "un/unanimous/unanimous__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/juˈnænɪməs/",
                "audio": "un/unanimous/unanimous__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin unanimus (from unus ‘one’ + animus ‘mind’) + -ous."
}