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unique
/juˈnik/
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What does unique mean?
adjective
- Being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched.
- Of a feature, such that only one holder has it.
- Particular, characteristic.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- Rare or unusual.
noun
- A thing without a like; something unequalled or unparallelled; one of a kind.
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IPA pronunciation
/juˈnik/
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Finally they arrived in Lisbon and spent six days which, in a journal privately issued afterwards, they described as of “unique interest.”
The first time I visited it was with a friend from Iowa who was anxious to get some unique bits of porcelain.
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The unique feature of the contest was the manner in which the ``sporting editor'' gave actuality to the contests by pictorial representations.
The mixed odors of apple, straw and boots constituted a unique and long unsmelled perfume which had sunk deep into my memory.
It used to amuse Mr. Barnum later in life, to relate some of the unique advertising dodges which his inventive genius devised.