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unit

/'junɪt/

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noun
an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
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"the coach said the offensive unit did a good job" "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"

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social unit

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organization organisation
noun
any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
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"the dollar is the United States unit of currency" "a unit of wheat is a bushel" "change per unit volume"

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unit of measurement

type of:
definite quantity
noun
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
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"the team is a unit"

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whole

type of:
physical object object
noun
a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
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"units of nucleic acids"

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building block

type of:
thing
noun
an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
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"the reduced the number of units and installations" "the word is a basic linguistic unit"

type of:
constituent portion component part component part
noun
a single undivided whole
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"an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another"

type of:
whole

Examples of unit

"the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"
"after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"
"the dollar is the United States unit of currency"
"a unit of wheat is a bushel"
"change per unit volume"
"the team is a unit"
"units of nucleic acids"
"the reduced the number of units and installations"
"the word is a basic linguistic unit"
"an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another"