unit
- noun
- /ˈjuːnɪt/
- "You just had a call from the intensive care unit at the Memorial," Wendy said.
- unit heads
- units and programs
- responding unit
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- So they came to our unit looking for this Lieutenant.
- And it was conducted by a Kenyan unit called the Rapid Response Team.
- And what that was is the unit was working off planet targets.
Examples
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In the intensive care unit, six doctors and 34 nurses are on duty for him.
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I am part of the Knowledge Exchange Unit at the UK Parliament.
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So they came to our unit looking for this Lieutenant.
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The Detective Unit is on the third floor.
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I was with a special unit called "Shadow Company."
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Can we be certain that this is the best social unit for raising children?
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The group discussed work processes and made recommendations to the unit's shared governance council.
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Gentlemen, I suggest we act as a unit... so there will be no question of mistaken reprisals.
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- Hello, you have reached Los Angeles Municipal Hospital's intensive care unit.
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Our unit worked together to complete the project ahead of schedule.
Synonyms
A group of people who work together to reach a shared goal
A number of people or things seen as one unit
A small group of people organized to do one job, like in the army or sports
A large military group made of two or more divisions and support
A large unit in the army, air force or navy
A group of people organized to do a specific job, like soldiers or a ship crew
A large unit of soldiers made of several companies and led by a senior officer
A group within a larger organization, like an orchestra or company team
A group of people organized to work or fight together
A military air unit of several aircraft and their crews
A group of soldiers organized to fight or carry out military tasks
A group like a company or team that works together
A large group of soldiers made of several smaller units
A group of soldiers that does a specific task
A group of soldiers organized as part of an army, like a platoon or company
A group in an air force that uses aircraft for missions
A group of soldiers who fight on foot
A unit of soldiers organized to do a specific job for the armed forces
A group of people who act together for a shared purpose
A ship or group of ships that a navy uses for military work
A part of an organization that manages specific tasks and services
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
- UK
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' and is like the words unite and unity. That's why a military or company unit is a group of people who work 'as one' inside a bigger organization.