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unilateral
[ yoo-nuh-lat-er-uhl ]
adjective
- relating to, occurring on, or involving one side only:
unilateral development; a unilateral approach.
- undertaken or done by or on behalf of one side, party, or faction only; not mutual:
a unilateral decision; unilateral disarmament.
- having only one side or surface; without a reverse side or inside, as a Möbius strip.
- Law.
- pertaining to a contract that can be formed only when the party to whom an offer is made renders the performance for which the offeror bargains.
- pertaining to a contract in which obligation rests on only one party, as a binding promise to make a gift.
- Botany. having all the parts disposed on one side of an axis, as an inflorescence.
- through forebears of one sex only, as through either the mother's or father's line. Compare bilateral ( def 5 ).
- Phonetics. (of an l -sound) characterized by passage of air on only one side of the tongue.
unilateral
/ ˌːɪˈæəə /
adjective
- of, having, affecting, or occurring on only one side
- involving or performed by only one party of several
unilateral disarmament
- law (of contracts, obligations, etc) made by, affecting, or binding one party only and not involving the other party in reciprocal obligations
- botany having or designating parts situated or turned to one side of an axis
- sociol relating to or tracing the line of descent through ancestors of one sex only Compare bilateral
- phonetics denoting an (l) sound produced on one side of the tongue only
Derived Forms
- ˌܲԾˈٱ, noun
- ˌܲԾˈٱ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ·Ծ·····ٲ [yoo-n, uh, -lat-, uh, -, ral, -i-tee], noun
- ·Ծ···· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of unilateral1
Example Sentences
Now the Kremlin leader has announced a three-day unilateral truce for early May.
Donald Trump's first 100 days have been an unprecedented display of unilateral power exercised by a modern American president.
In one of China's strongest statements yet over the tariff war, Commerce Ministry spokesman He Yadong said the US should remove all "unilateral tariff measures" against China "if it truly wanted" to solve the issue.
The trip was aimed to boost ties with the region and encourage those nations to resist what he called "unilateral bullying" by the US.
On Saturday, President Vladimir Putin announced a unilateral Easter truce in Ukraine until midnight Sunday night in Moscow.
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