📒 a single thing, person or group that is complete by itself but can also form part of something larger
- After 1946 the British Government treated the four territorial divisions as a single unit.
- The basic unit of society is the family.
- The cell is the unit of which all living organisms are composed.
📒 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?
- The manufacturer sold 73 000 units in the first quarter.
📒 one of the parts into which a textbook or a series of lessons is divided
- Each unit of the course that we completed felt like a real achievement.
- in a unit The present perfect is covered in Unit 8.
- The university is recruiting staff to teach the new units.
📒 a group of people who work or live together, especially for a particular purpose
- army/military/combat/police units
- a special unit of the FBI
- Medical units were operating in the disaster area.
📒 a department, especially in a hospital, that provides a particular type of care or treatment
- the intensive care unit
- a maternity unit
- The cancer research unit is attached to the local university.
📒 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 units
📒 a fixed quantity, etc. that is used as a standard measurement
- a unit of measurement
- Women are advised not to drink more than fourteen units of alcohol per week.
- a unit of time/length/weight
📒 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
- an air-conditioning unit
📒 a single flat, house or section in a building or group of buildings
- a housing/residential unit
- to build new affordable housing units
- (Australian English, New Zealand English) The site is being redeveloped for 62 home units.
📒 any whole number from 0 to 9
- a column for the tens and a column for the units