unilateral
adjective /ˌjuː.nɪˈlæt.ər.əl/
/-ˈlæt̬.ɚ-/ Definition
› involving only one group or country: The party leader has actually declared her support for unilateral nuclear disarmament (= giving up her country's nuclear weapons without first waiting for other countries to do the same). → Compare bilateral, multilateralSingle, double and multiple unilateralism /-ɪ.zəm/ noun [U] Politics unilateralist /-ɪst/ noun [C] Politics unilaterally /-i/ adverb Single, double and multiple
(Definition of unilateral adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bilateral adjective
- double (up) as sth phrasal verb
- double adverb
- double noun, predeterminer
- double verb
- dual adjective
- dualism noun
- himself pronoun (MALE)
- lone adjective
- none but idiom
- plural adjective (DIFFERENT)
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