unitnoun
uk/ˈjuː.nɪt/us/ˈjuː.nɪt/unit noun (SEPARATE PART)
B1 [ C ] a single thing or a separate part of something larger:
[ C ] a piece of furniture or equipment that is intended to be fitted as a part of a set of similar or matching pieces:
[ C ] a small machine or part of a machine that has a particular purpose:
[ C ] specialized business a single complete product of the type that a business sells
[ C ] US a single apartment in a bigger building:
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- The company announced plans to increase production to 10 000 units per month.
- The coursework is divided into three units, and you are expected to complete Unit 1 this term.
- I'd love to replace my old kitchen units - can you tell me the price of this particular drawer unit?
- It would be better if products like crisps showed how much salt they contain per unit, not per 100 g.
- If one carton contains 12 units, then you'd better order 10 cartons.
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Words meaning parts of things
- back end
- bifurcation
- body
- branch
- cartridge
- chunk
- compartment
- element
- item
- module
- neck
- section
- segment
- segmental
- side
- snatch
- spare
- sub
- subsection
- third
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unit noun (PEOPLE)
C1 [ C, + sing/pl verb ] a group of people living or working together, especially for a particular purpose:
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- a light/heavy infantry unit
- The march will be heavily policed by an anti-riot unit.
- In most countries, the family unit is still the cornerstone of society.
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Groups of people
- alliance
- an
- assemblage
- band
- bee
- corps
- crop
- galaxy
- gang
- ginger group
- group
- grouping
- quarter
- think tank
- threesome
- throng
- tribe
- trio
- triumvirate
- wing
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unit noun (MEASUREMENT)
[ C ] a standard measure that is used to express amounts:
UK [ C ] a standard measure of alcohol:
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Measurements in general
- bathymetry
- deep
- dimension
- distance
- draught
- drop
- floor-length
- hecto-
- imperial
- length
- length
- linear
- measurable
- mega
- pico-
- pitch
- ply
- tyre pressure
- vital statistics
- wheelbase
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unit noun (HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT)
[ C ] a department in a hospital for the treatment of people with similar illnesses or conditions:
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Medical places & organizations
- A & E
- asylum
- detoxification centre
- ear, nose, and throat
- ENT
- er
- health maintenance organization
- institution
- intensive care
- lunatic asylum
- madhouse
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- mental hospital
- operating room
- outpatients
- sanitarium
- surgery
- the funny farm
- theatre
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unit noun (SINGLE NUMBER)
[ C ] any whole number less than ten:
specialized mathematics [ C ] the number 1
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Numbers generally
- antilogarithm
- Arabic numeral
- C, c
- cardinal
- D, d
- digit
- I, i
- infinity
- L, l
- log
- logarithm
- M, m
- mode
- nos
- number
- ordinal
- quantitative
- serial number
- whole number
- X, x
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