unit

unit: noun

1 single thing

ADJECTIVE

▪ large, small

▪ basic, fundamental

▪ The family is the basic unit of society.

▪ discrete, individual, single

▪ cohesive

▪ to change a collection of individuals into a cohesive unit

▪ family, social

▪ the role of the family unit in the community

VERB + UNIT

▪ break sth down into, divide sth into

▪ Large departments were broken down into smaller units.

PHRASES

▪ unit of analysis

▪ This study's unit of analysis is the individual hospital.

2 fixed amount

ADJECTIVE

▪ basic, standard

▪ monetary

▪ linguistic

VERB + UNIT

▪ produce

▪ China produced 65 million units last year.

▪ sell

▪ The manufacturer sold 73 000 units in the first quarter.

UNIT + NOUN

▪ cost, length, weight

▪ the average unit cost of all products

▪ sales

PREPOSITION

▪ unit of

▪ a unit of currency

▪ a unit of length

▪ fifty units of electricity

PHRASES

▪ per unit

▪ Electricity is ten pence per unit.

3 group of people

ADJECTIVE

▪ policy (esp. BrE)

▪ research

▪ business, production

VERB + UNIT

▪ be attached to

▪ The research unit is attached to the local university.

▪ create, form

4 in a hospital

ADJECTIVE

▪ intensive care

▪ accident and emergency, casualty (both BrE)

▪ psychiatric, surgical

▪ baby, maternity (both BrE)

▪ She works in the maternity unit at the local hospital.

▪ burn (AmE), burns (BrE), stroke (BrE)

5 in the army, police, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ army, combat (esp. AmE), infantry, military

▪ intelligence

▪ enemy

▪ police, road policing (BrE)

UNIT + NOUN

▪ commander (esp. AmE)

6 piece of furniture/equipment

ADJECTIVE

▪ kitchen (esp. BrE), storage (esp. AmE), vanity (BrE), wall

▪ air-conditioning, control, power, processing, shower (BrE)

▪ the central processing unit in a computer

VERB + UNIT

▪ install

▪ We're having new kitchen units installed.

7 house/building

ADJECTIVE

▪ dwelling (formal, esp. AmE), housing, residential

▪ a single dwelling unit

▪ A city council member pledged to build 500 affordable housing units.

▪ business, industrial, retail (all esp. BrE)

VERB + UNIT

▪ build

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One

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unit — unit … Dictionnaire des rimes
Unit — U nit, n. [Abbrev. from unity.] 1. A single thing or person. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arith.) The least whole number; one. [1913 Webster] Units are the integral parts of any large number. I. Watts. [1913 Webster] 3. A gold coin of the reign of James I … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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unit — UNÍT, Ă, uniţi, te, adj. 1. Care formează împreună un tot. 2. Care se află în raporturi strânse cu cineva, care este de acord, gândeşte, acţionează, simte la fel cu cineva; solidar cu cineva. 3. Care aparţinea unei confesiuni creştine catolice de … Dicționar Român
unit — [yo͞o′nit] n. [back form. (prob. modeled on DIGIT) < UNITY] 1. a) the smallest whole number; one b) a magnitude or number regarded as an undivided whole c) the number in the position just to the left of the decimal point 2 … English World dictionary
Unit++ — is a unit testing framework module for C++. The author started it as an alternative to CPPunit, which he felt was insufficiently integrated into the C++ language.External links* [http://unitpp.sourceforge.net/ Project s site] … Wikipedia
Unit — [ ju:nit] die; , s <aus gleichbed. engl. unit, rückgebildet aus unity »Einheit«, dies über das Altfranz. aus lat. unitas, vgl. ↑Unität>: 1. [Lern]einheit in Unterrichtsprogrammen. 2. fertige Einheit eines technischen Gerätes. 3. Gruppe,… … Das große Fremdwörterbuch

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