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There are some classified documents there that we received from the CIA. Our arrangement with the CIA was that we could by mutual agreement declassify these documents, but we had no authority to unilaterally declassify them.
Louis Stokes

Meaning of "unilaterally" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNILATERALLY

unilaterally  [ˌjuːnɪˈlætərəlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNILATERALLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unilaterally is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES UNILATERALLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Unilateralism

Unilateralism is any doctrine or agenda that supports one-sided action. Such action may be in disregard for other parties, or as an expression of a commitment toward a direction which other parties may find agreeable. Unilateralism is a neologism which is already in common use; it was coined to be an antonym for multilateralism, which is the doctrine which asserts the benefits of participation from as many parties as possible. The two terms together can refer to differences in foreign policy approached to international problems. When agreement by multiple parties is absolutely required—for example, in the context of international trade policies—bilateral agreements are usually preferred by proponents of unilateralism. Unilateralism may be preferred in those instances when it's assumed to be the most efficient, i.e., in issues that can be solved without cooperation. However, a government may also have a principal preference for unilateralism or multilateralism, and, for instance, strive to avoid policies that cannot be realized unilaterally or alternatively to champion multilateral solutions to problems that could well have been solved unilaterally.

Definition of unilaterally in the English dictionary

The definition of unilaterally in the dictionary is idependently, without reference to other parties.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNILATERALLY


bilaterally
ˌbaɪˈlætərəlɪ
complementarily
ˌkɒmpliˈmentərəlɪ
declaratorily
dɪˈklærətərəlɪ
electorally
ɪˈlektərəlɪ
enterally
ˈɛntərəlɪ
equilaterally
ˌiːkwɪˈlætərəlɪ
gutturally
ˈɡʌtərəlɪ
involuntarily
ɪnˈvɒləntərəlɪ
ipsilaterally
ˌɪpsɪˈlætərəlɪ
laterally
ˈlætərəlɪ
literally
ˈlɪtərəlɪ
momentarily
ˈməʊməntərəlɪ
multilaterally
ˌmʌltɪˈlætərəlɪ
parenterally
pærˈɛntərəlɪ
pastorally
ˈpɑːstərəlɪ
pectorally
ˈpektərəlɪ
peremptorily
pəˈrɛmptərəlɪ
satisfactorily
ˌsætɪsˈfæktərəlɪ
statutorily
ˈstætjʊtərəlɪ
trilaterally
traɪˈlætərəlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNILATERALLY

unilabiate
unilateral
Unilateral Declaration of Independence
unilateral disarmament
unilateral neglect
unilateral nuclear disarmament
unilateralism
unilateralist
unilaterality
unilinear
unilingual
unilingualism
unilingualist
uniliteral
unillumed
unilluminated
unilluminating
unillumined
unillusioned
unillustrated

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNILATERALLY

actually
agriculturally
architecturally
centrally
culturally
federally
generally
integrally
liberally
morally
naturally
orally
rally
severally
structurally
supernaturally
temporally
unnaturally
ventrally
virally
viscerally

Synonyms and antonyms of unilaterally in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unilaterally» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNILATERALLY

Find out the translation of unilaterally to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unilaterally from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unilaterally» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

单方面
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

unilateralmente
570 millions of speakers

English

unilaterally
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एकतरफा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

من جانب واحد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

в одностороннем порядке
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unilateralmente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একতরফা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

unilatéralement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Secara sepihak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

einseitig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

一方的に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

일방적으로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unilaterally
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đơn phương
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒருதலைப்பட்சமாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकतर्फीपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tek taraflı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unilateralmente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jednostronnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в односторонньому порядку
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în mod unilateral
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μονομερώς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eensydig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ensidigt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ensidig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unilaterally

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNILATERALLY»

The term «unilaterally» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.553 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNILATERALLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unilaterally

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8 QUOTES WITH «UNILATERALLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unilaterally.
1
Lawrence Eagleburger
My point here is I think international pressures of our acting unilaterally again are going to be such that the administration will say, well, we just can't take this on now.
2
Warren Farrell
All women's issues are to some degree men's issues and all men's issues are to some degree women's issues because when either sex wins unilaterally both sexes lose.
3
Robert M. Gates
I've been very sensitive for a long time to the repeated pattern, during economic hard times or after a war, of the United States' essentially unilaterally disarming.
4
Michael Oren
I believe that the only alternative Israel has to save itself as a Jewish state - and let's be frank about that: the Jewish state is predicated on having a Jewish majority - the only way we can do that is by unilaterally withdrawing our border and withdrawing our settlements in the West Bank.
5
Tom G. Palmer
Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations, at least under normal circumstances, must be created by consent; they cannot be unilaterally imposed by others.
6
Johanna Siguroardottir
The Icesave matter is complex and it is understandable that the issue has been oversimplified by many. Unfortunately some of the basic facts of the matter have been unilaterally interpreted, and sometimes distorted, giving rise to unjustified criticism of the conduct of the Icelandic authorities.
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Louis Stokes
There are some classified documents there that we received from the CIA. Our arrangement with the CIA was that we could by mutual agreement declassify these documents, but we had no authority to unilaterally declassify them.
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Jonathan Turley
I've said it before: Barack Obama is really the president Richard Nixon always wanted to be. You know, he's been allowed to act unilaterally in a way that we've fought for decades.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNILATERALLY»

Discover the use of unilaterally in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unilaterally and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Classified Index of the National Labor Relations Board ...
1 1 3 L.L.C. [Bd affd ALJ findings of several unlawful unilateral changes: (1) E unilaterally instituted a 401(k) plan without notice to or bargaining with U; (2) E unilaterally changed various aspects of Ees' medical insurance which resulted in  ...
National Labor Relations Board, Labor Management Relations
2
Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board
8(a)(5) and (1) by unilaterally altering the established parking validation policy for union agents visiting the resort for representational purposes, we rely on the judge's finding that the change was material, substantial, and significant when ...
National Labor Relations Board (U S ), 2012
3
Handbook of Product Graphs, Second Edition
Exercise 32.4 Suppose G = G1 2 ··· 2Gk is unilaterally connected. Because each projection is a weak homomorphism, it follows readily that each factor is unilaterally connected. We now show that at most one factor is not strongly connected.
Richard Hammack, Wilfried Imrich, Sandi Klavžar, 2011
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Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, ...
By unilaterally changing the hours and routes of the Dallas/Denver run; by unilaterally transferring drivers assigned to the Dallas/Denver route to the extra board; by unilaterally laying off its Springfield drivers; by failing and refusing to bargain ...
National Labor Relations Board (U S )
5
God, Power, and Evil: A Process Theodicy
P. An omnipotent being can unilaterally bring about any state of affairs that it is logically possible for a being unilaterally to bring about. R. An actual world (i.e., one with a multiplicity of actual beings) devoid of genuine evil is a logically possible ...
David Ray Griffin, 1976
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The Cryptorchid Testis
Nutr. Dev., 20, 261, 1980. 43. Bergh, A., Early morphological changes in the abdominal testes in immature unilaterally cryptorchid rats, Int. J. Androl, 6, 73, 1983. 44. Hochberg, Z., Amit, T., Youdim, M. B., Bar-Maor. H., and Jehuda, A., Prolactin ...
Thomas O. Abney, Brooks A. Keel, 1989
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Affaires Du Thon À Nageoire Bleue (Nouvelle-Zélande C. ...
Australia unilaterally refuses to provide catch data. – Australia complains about the use of CPUE as a component of the abundance index, but provides no data of its own. – Australia unilaterally elects to use purse seine fishing over long line  ...
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, 2005
8
Problems of Evil and the Power of God
In such a case the occasions comprising the first billiard ball unilaterally determine the development of what we call the motion of (the occasions comprising) the second billiard ball. As the example of the billiard balls illustrates, in the realm of ...
Professor James A Keller, 2013
9
Nuclear Disarmament in the Twenty-first Century
Paragraph 9-1 provides for “further efforts by the nuclear-weapon states to reduce their nuclear arsenals unilaterally”. The Bush administration has stated that the U.S. would reduce nuclear weapons unilaterally. The reduction of nuclear ...
Wade L. Huntley, Mitsuru Kurosawa, Kazumi Mizumoto, 2005
10
Divine Power in Process Theism: A Philosophical Critique
To define coercion in this fashion may allow the process theist to claim that God never coerces. But if it does not follow from the fact that God cannot coerce in this sense that God also cannot unilaterally control the behavior of other entities, ...
David Basinger, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNILATERALLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unilaterally is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rubio: Next president can unilaterally kill Iran deal
The Iran nuclear deal could be moot as soon as President Obama leaves office, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) insisted on Thursday. Rubio — who is considered to ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
2
Catalan separatist leaders vow to unilaterally declare independence …
Catalan separatist leaders have vowed to make a unilateral declaration of independence from Spain after local elections in September, putting themselves firmly ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Hungary unilaterally suspends EU asylum seeker rules
VIENNA (Reuters) - Hungary has unilaterally suspended European Union asylum rules that require it to take back refugees who first enter Hungary, then travel ... «Business Insider, Jun 15»
4
Developer can't cancel agreement unilaterally: Panel
PUNE: The state consumer disputes redressal commission has held that a builder or property developer cannot unilaterally terminate a registered agreement ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
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Ruling party unilaterally adopts confirmation report on new PM
SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- The ruling Saenuri Party unilaterally adopted a confirmation report on Prime Minister-designate Hwang Kyo-ahn Friday, brushing ... «Yonhap News, Jun 15»
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Gov. Bobby Jindal unilaterally implements controversial religious …
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) on Tuesday issued an executive order enshrining protections for people and businesses that do not want to serve same-sex ... «The Week Magazine, May 15»
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Hillary Has Issues With Super-PACs, But She's Not About to …
"There is too much at stake for our future for Democrats to unilaterally disarm." But don't worry, they'll all get serious about campaign finance reform once they've ... «New York Magazine, May 15»
8
Global tax reform: Solution lies in working together, unilaterally
Consequently we have seen individual countries trying to address the issue unilaterally and on their own terms. And rightly so. A fact that is often lost on many ... «INTHEBLACK, May 15»
9
More Treaties and Fewer Agreements Like the Iran Nuclear Deal?
The contention over whether Congress should have a say in the administration's nuclear pact with Iran, revealed that presidents have been unilaterally reaching ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
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Clinton Spokeswoman on "Clinton Cash" Book: Some Issues "Were …
These were not things where unilaterally Hillary Clinton could have said you get this and you get that and you get that. That's not the way it works. I mean, again ... «RealClearPolitics, Apr 15»

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