EnglishMain Dictionary
unit
Universal Words
noun
single thing
1 a single thing, person or group that is complete by itself but can also form part of sth larger:
The cell is the unit of which all living organisms are composed. * The basic unit of society is the family.
2 (business) a single item of the type of product that a company sells:
The game's selling price was $15 per unit. * What's the unit cost?
group of people
3 a group of people who work or live together, especially for a particular purpose:
army / military / police units * Medical units were operating in the disaster area.
in hospital
4 a department, especially in a hospital, that provides a particular type of care or treatment:
the intensive care unit * a maternity / psychiatric unit
measurement
5 ~ (of sth) a fixed quantity, etc. that is used as a standard measurement:
a unit of time / length / weight * a unit of currency, such as the euro or the dollar * Women are advised not to drink more than fourteen units of alcohol per week.
furniture
6 a piece of furniture, especially a cupboard, that fits with and matches others of the same type:
a fitted kitchen with white units * floor / wall units * bedroom / kitchen / storage units
small machine
7 a small machine that has a particular purpose or is part of a larger machine:
a waste disposal unit * the central processing unit of a computer
in textbook
8 one of the parts into which a TEXTBOOK or a series of lessons is divided:
The present perfect is covered in Unit 8.
flat / apartment
9 a single flat/apartment in a building that contains a number of them:
There are 25 apartments consisting of two- and three-bedroom units.
number
10 any whole number from 0 to 9:
a column for the tens and a column for the units
