UN Definition

un
abbreviation
United Nations.
Webster's New World
prefix
Not.
Unhappy.
American Heritage
Opposite of; contrary to.
Unrest.
American Heritage
To reverse or undo the result of a specified action.
Unbind.
American Heritage
To deprive of or remove a specified thing.
Unfrock.
American Heritage
To release, free, or remove from.
Unyoke.
American Heritage
affix
Not, lack of, the opposite of.
Unconcern, unreason, unwonted.
Webster's New World
Back; the reverse or removal of.
Webster's New World
noun

(dialectal) One.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
pronoun

(colloquial) One (a thing).

Give me one of those round 'uns.
Wiktionary

(colloquial, facetious, chiefly UK) One (a person).

We've got a clever 'un here!
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of UN

Noun

Singular:
UN
Plural:
Uns

Origin of UN

  • Middle English from Old English on- alteration (influenced by un- not) of ond-, and-, an- against, opposing ant- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English from Old English ne in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Representing non-standard pronunciation of one.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin ūnus (“one”)

    From Wiktionary

UN Sentence Examples

  • In 1547 appeared Martin's French translation of Vitruvius, the illustrations of which were due, the translator tells us in his "Dedication to the King," to Goujon, "nagueres architecte de Monseigneur le Connetable, et maintenant un des votres."

  • Lyon, "Un Idealiste anglais au XVIII.

  • In a j sense this is un doubtedly the case.

  • Its winter channel may be estimated at from two-thirds to three-fourths of its flood channel, except where it is confined within narrow limits by a rocky bed, as at Kilif, where its un varying width is only 540 yards.

  • Bibars died in 1277, and in 1291 Acre itself was captured by Khatel son of Kala`un, who thus put a final end to Frankish domination.

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