unit
- noun
- /ˈjuːnɪt/
- In our project, each team member is considered a crucial unit of the overall success.
- units and programs
- align the unit
- housing units
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- Can you you got a review unit from Samsung, right?
- If you obviously have one unit you will not.
Examples
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Who would have thought that any one unit could accomplish so much in so little time?
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Yeah, I got two units in front, three behind.
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So we just say shift one unit left.
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Unit two to base, unit two to base, over.
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MAN 2: We got two units on the way.
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I appreciate the majority of you taking this unit seriously.
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All units report themselves ready.
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I need a backup unit for the southeast corner of the house.
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It is the basic unit in the whole system.
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We have four up here, and we've ordered four more units.
Synonyms
A piece of something that, with others, makes a whole
A single thing in a list or collection
An object that belongs to a set, like a chess figure
A part of something larger, like a machine or system
A basic part that forms the base of something larger
One object that is whole and not made from other parts
A single piece that makes up a larger object
Antonyms
Compounds
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A hospital area where very sick patients get constant care and monitoring
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A hospital area where very small or sick newborns get constant medical care
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A fixed amount used as a standard to measure length, weight, or volume
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A standard amount of time used to measure how long something lasts like a second or minute
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The smallest part of a crystal that repeats in three directions to form the whole crystal
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Main chip in a computer that does most of the work and controls other parts
A group of civilians organized and trained like soldiers to support or replace the army
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The average distance between the Earth and the Sun, about 150 million kilometers
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A hospital department that gives close care to people with serious heart problems
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A unit of heat equal to the heat needed to raise one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit
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A standard kind of money used in a country to measure value, like a dollar or yen
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A unit of measurement used in the metric system, like a meter or kilogram
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A unit that shows how much force presses on an area, like pascal or psi
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A standard unit used worldwide in science and industry like the meter or kilogram
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A device that changes the sound of an instrument, like adding reverb or distortion
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A unit used to measure how much space something takes, like a cup or liter
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A managed fund that puts many people's money together to buy different investments
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A unit for measuring how much liquid a container holds, like a liter or a gallon
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A square table of numbers with ones from the top left to the bottom right and zeros elsewhere
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A part used in talking and writing, like a word, part of a word or phrase that gives meaning
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A company that pools money to buy a set of stocks and bonds, with shares investors can sell back
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A device that turns electric signals into loud sound you can hear from far away
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A unit for measuring how well a material carries electric current, for example the siemens
- Jargon
A team in film and TV that makes effects on set like explosions and computer images
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A standard size used to measure computer memory, like a byte or kilobyte
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A block of disk space reserved for one file, the smallest amount a file can use
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A measure of how much a part in an electrical circuit stops the flow of electricity, for example the ohm
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A body feature that is controlled by one gene and is either present or absent
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A unit that measures how much electric charge a part can store, like the farad
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A group of rock layers formed during the same time period
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A measure used to show how much space something takes, for example litres or cubic metres
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A unit for measuring electric charge used in an older measurement system
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A part of language like a sound, word, or phrase people study on its own
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Etymology
The word unit comes from the Latin unus 'one'. It originally meant a single thing or part, so a unit is one part that fits into a larger whole.