Meanings
plural onenesses
- uncountableThe state of being one or undivided; unity.
Second, the amount of zeroness and oneness that a qubit may have is arbitrary and takes on a continuum of values, but when we measure it, we obtain a 0 or a 1 […]
2000, Colin P. Williams, Scott H. Clearwater, Ultimate zero and one: computing at the quantum frontier1 more example
It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is; […].
2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quality of being united into one
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*ainnassī“oneness”
- Old Englishānnes“oneness, unity, agreement, covenant, solitude”
- Middle Englishoonnesse
- Englishoneness
From Middle English oonnesse, onnesse, from Old English ānnes (“oneness, unity, agreement, covenant, solitude”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainnassī (“oneness”), equivalent to one + -ness. Cognate with Old High German einnissī, einnissa (“unity, oneness”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἕνωσις
- ἕνωσις (hénōsis)state of being undivided
Arabic وَحْدَانِيَّة, وحدَة
- وَحْدَانِيَّة (waḥdāniyya)state of being undivided
- وحدَةstate of being undivided
Bulgarian еди́нство, цялост
- еди́нство (edínstvo)state of being undivided
- цялост (cjalost)state of being undivided
Chinese Mandarin 統一性 /统一性
- 統一性 /统一性 (tǒngyīxìng)state of being undivided
Czech jednota
- jednotastate of being undivided
Dutch eenheid
- eenheidstate of being undivided
Finnish ykseys
- ykseysstate of being undivided
French unité
- unitéstate of being undivided
German Einheit
- Einheitstate of being undivided
Hindi एकता, एका
- एकता (ektā)state of being undivided
- एका (ekā)state of being undivided
Japanese 一体性
- 一体性 (ittaisei)state of being undivided
Latin ūnitās
- ūnitāsstate of being undivided
Portuguese unidade, unicidade
- unidadestate of being undivided
- unicidadestate of being undivided
Romanian unitate
- unitatestate of being undivided
Russian еди́нство
- еди́нство (jedínstvo)state of being undivided
Spanish unidad
- unidadstate of being undivided
Swahili umoja
- umojastate of being undivided
Turkish birlik
- birlikstate of being undivided
Welsh undod, under
- undodstate of being undivided
- understate of being undivided
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Cite this entry
oneness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oneness
“oneness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oneness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oneness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oneness.
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