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unit > 6 senses
NOUN1unit, unit of measurementAny division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
2unitAn individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
3unit, social unitAn organization regarded as part of a larger social group
4unitA single undivided whole
5unit, building blockA single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
6unit, whole, whole thingAn assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
unit > pronunciation
Soundsyuw'naht; yuw'niht
Rhymesabbot, abut, accredit, and 364 more rhymes in aht at the HyperDic website...
acquit, admit, affectionate, and 178 more rhymes in iht at the HyperDic website...
unit > noun 1, quantity
MeaningAny division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange.
Examples"the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume"
Synonymsunit of measurement
Narrowermeasuring unit, measuring block; denier; diopter; Karat, carat; absorption unit; acceleration unit; angular unit; area unit, square measure; volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit; computer memory unit; electromagnetic unit, emu; explosive unit; force unit; metric unit, metric; miles per gallon; monetary unit; megaflop, MFLOP, million floating point operations per second; teraflop, trillion floating point operations per second; MIPS, million instructions per second; pain unit; pressure unit; printing unit; sound unit; telephone unit; temperature unit; weight unit, weight; mass unit; unit of viscosity; work unit, heat unit, energy unit; langley; Brinell number; point; bit; megabit; electrostatic unit
Broaderdefinite quantity
Verbsunitize; unitize
unit > noun 2, relation
MeaningAn individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole.
Examples"the reduced the number of units and installations"; "the word is a basic linguistic unit"
Broaderpart, portion, component part, component
Verbsunitize; unitize
unit > noun 3, group
MeaningAn organization regarded as part of a larger social group.
Examples"the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"
Synonymssocial unit
Narrowerklavern; administrative unit, administrative body; company; family, household, house, home, menage; general delivery, poste restante; instrumentality; intensive care unit, ICU; member; military unit, military force, military group, force; task force; team, squad; den; gang, crew, work party; combination; crew; troop, scout troop, scout group; outfit; fifth column, Trojan horse; political unit; side; working group, working party
Broaderorganization, organisation
Verbsunitize
unit > noun 4, cognition
MeaningA single undivided whole.
Examples"an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another"
Narrowerone
Broaderwhole
Verbsunify; unitize
unit > noun 5, object
MeaningA single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else.
Examples"units of nucleic acids"
Synonymsbuilding block
Partspart, piece
Narrowerchain, chemical chain; couple; unit cell; group, radical, chemical group; molecule
Broaderthing
Adjectivesunitary
Verbsunitize; unitize; unitize
unit > noun 6, Tops
MeaningAn assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity.
Examples"the team is a unit"
Synonymswhole, whole thing
Partspart, portion; section, segment
Narrowerartifact, artefact; item; sum, total, totality, aggregate
Broaderobject, physical object
Verbsunify; unitize; unitize; unify

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