unique

/juːˈniːk/ adjective

Definition

NOT THE SAME › different from everyone and everything else: Everyone's fingerprints are unique.

SPECIAL › unusual and special: a unique opportunity

be unique to sb/sth › to exist in only one place, or be connected with only one person or thing: It's a method of education that is unique to this school.

uniquely adverb uniqueness noun [U]

(Definition of unique adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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