- 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.
- the role of the family unit in the community
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- small
- basic
- …
- break something down into
- divide something into
- unit of analysis
- (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?
Extra Examples- The manufacturer sold 73 000 units in the first quarter.
- China produced 65 million units last year.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- basic
- standard
- monetary
- …
- produce
- sell
- cost
- length
- weight
- …
- unit of
- per unit
- 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.
- You learned this in the first unit.
- 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.
- Two members of the unit died on the mission.
- They formed small units of 15 to 20 people.
- The marching column encountered large units of the enemy.
- in a unit Soldiers in the unit are trained to survive in the snow and cold.
Extra Examples- The army is collaborating with guerrilla units in the border region.
- Enemy units have infiltrated the territory.
- The new manager changed a talented collection of individuals into a cohesive unit.
- Large departments were broken down into smaller units.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- army
- combat
- infantry
- …
- commander
- 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.
- patients in the psychiatric unit
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- intensive care
- accident and emergency
- casualty
- …
- 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- kitchen
- storage
- vanity
- …
- install
- 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 unit of currency, such as the euro or the dollar
- per unit Electricity is ten pence per unit.
- The law requires almost all federal agencies to use metric units.
- The highest carbon emissions per unit of energy are from coal.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- basic
- standard
- monetary
- …
- produce
- sell
- cost
- length
- weight
- …
- unit of
- per unit
- 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- kitchen
- storage
- vanity
- …
- install
- (formal) 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.
- a single dwelling unit
- a retail/business unit
- an industrial unit
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dwelling
- housing
- residential
- …
- build
- any whole number from 0 to 9
- a column for the tens and a column for the units
single thing
in textbook
group of people
in hospital
furniture
measurement
small machine
flat/part of building
number
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a mathematical term): from Latin unus, probably suggested by digit.
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