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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
unilateral
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
unilateral disarmament (=involving only one country)
▪ The United States adopted a policy of unilateral disarmament as a way to avoid another war.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
action
▪ They should not be changed by unilateral action, nor by force.
▪ I do not think that frontiers should be changed by force or by unilateral action.
▪ It was a unilateral action that risked general war in support of a less than democratic government threatened by pro-Nasser Arabs.
▪ She has a theory that the big players are losing their nerve, but she thinks it's all unilateral action.
▪ Global environmental problems, such as deforestation and ozone depletion, should be tackled through inter-governmental agreements, rather than unilateral action.
ceasefire
▪ The dynamite was split between Eta, then nominally observing a unilateral ceasefire, and the Bretons.
decision
▪ We felt that there can be no question of fairness when the law effectively endorses unilateral decision.
declaration
▪ They are a unilateral declaration by the man that he need not trouble about the formalities expected between non-intimates.
▪ Nicky has run up a unilateral declaration of independence.
disarmament
▪ Not so long ago Mr Kinnock was strongly committed to unilateral disarmament.
▪ Here Mr Kinnock should set out clearly why, in the Gorbachev era, negotiated rather than unilateral disarmament is almost always preferable.
▪ The executive is recommending rejection of a motion calling for unilateral disarmament.
▪ This was solved by the nuclear genes enforcing their preference for peace through unilateral disarmament.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a unilateral ban on landmines
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Brain tumors or large arteriovenous malformations can occasionally cause unilateral head or facial pain.
▪ Nobody really expected that the announcement of a unilateral cease-fire would bring an immediate end to the fighting.
▪ The child increasingly is capable of evaluating arguments rather than simply accepting preformed unilateral ideas.
▪ The United States should also take unilateral steps to show Mr Fujimori his conduct has a price.
▪ There is little cooperation in the social sense-there is only obedience, or unilateral respect.
▪ They are a unilateral declaration by the man that he need not trouble about the formalities expected between non-intimates.
▪ We felt that there can be no question of fairness when the law effectively endorses unilateral decision.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unilateral

Unilateral \U`ni*lat"er*al\, a. [Uni- + lateral: cf. F. unilat['e]ral.]

  1. Being on one side only; affecting but one side; one-sided.

  2. (Biol.) Pertaining to one side; one-sided; as, a unilateral raceme, in which the flowers grow only on one side of a common axis, or are all turned to one side.

    Unilateral contract (Law), a contract or engagement requiring future action only by one party.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
unilateral

1802, from Modern Latin unilateralis, from unum, neuter of unus "one" (see one) + latus (genitive lateralis) "side" (see oblate (n.)). Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) may have been the first to use it in the legal sense of "made or entered into by one party." Related: Unilaterally. Unilateral disarmament is recorded from 1929.\n\nIt is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

[William Ralph Inge, "Outspoken Essays," 1919]

Wiktionary
unilateral

a. 1 done by one side only 2 affecting only one side of the body 3 binding or affecting one party only

WordNet
unilateral
  1. adj. involving only one part or side; "unilateral paralysis"; "a unilateral decision" [syn: one-sided] [ant: multilateral, bilateral]

  2. tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only [syn: unilateralist]

Wikipedia
Unilateral (disambiguation)

Unilateral may refer to:

  • Unilateralism, any doctrine or agenda that supports one-sided action
  • Unilateral, occurring on only one side of an organism ( Anatomical terms of location § Medial and lateral)
  • Unilateral contract, a contract in which only one party makes a promise
  • Unilateral declaration of independence
  • Unilateral, a type of amplifier ( Amplifier § Unilateral or bilateral)

Usage examples of "unilateral".

Finally, he points out the practical bearing of the subject--for example, the probability of calculus causing sudden suppression of urine in such cases--and also the danger of surgical interference, and suggests the possibility of diagnosing the condition by ascertaining the absence of the opening of one ureter in the bladder by means of the cystoscope, and also the likelihood of its occurring where any abnormality of the genital organs is found, especially if this be unilateral.

Careful examination showed this to be a case of intramural twin pregnancy at the point of entrance of the tube and the uterus, while at the abdominal end of the same tube there was another ovum,--the whole being an example of triple unilateral ectopic gestation.

The unilateral declaration of inde pendence was referred to, but only briefly, and even the Overseas Service relegated it to a late spot in the World News.

Security Council itself because multilateral sanctions are always more effective than unilateral sanctions, and sanctions decreed by the United Nations tend to be the most effective of all.

Ideally, a revised sanctions regime would be mandated by the Security Council itself because multilateral sanctions are always more effective than unilateral sanctions, and sanctions decreed by the United Nations tend to be the most effective of all.

A military confrontation with any such nations, whether multilateral or unilateral, will require similar, major commitments.

The left side flushed more than the right In connection with this case may be mentioned one by White of Harvard, a case of unilateral yellow chromidrosis in a man.

Since it was possible that the Bush administration might attack with little coalition support, Franks used the unilateral numbers in his presentations to Rumsfeld.

Rockwell reports a case of unilateral hyperidrosis in a feeble old man which he thought due to organic affection of the cervical sympathetic.

S is spliced into the total record o f W and W is not spliced into the total record of S this unilateral splicing may result in W contracting an S virus to his considerable disadvantage.

Bilateral LPO lesions, made an hour after training, indeed resulted in amnesia, although unilateral ones, either of right or left LPO, were without effect.

Some countries might choose to retaliate directly, levying their own unilateral sanctions or trade restrictions on the United States.

Ideally, a revised sanctions regime would be mandated by the Security Council itself because multilateral sanctions are always more effective than unilateral sanctions, and sanctions decreed by the United Nations tend to be the most effective of all.

The Unilateral Route Given that the United Nations would be so unlikely to endorse such new sanctions, the United States might instead take matters into its own hands.

However, the Russians, French, and Chinese have made it no secret that they will not allow any tightening of the sanctions in the Security Council, which leaves only the unilateral route.