unit
[noun]
Synonyms:
- item, entity, whole
- part, component, constituent, element, member, section, segment
- section, detachment, group
- measure, measurement, quantity

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English Thesaurus: hospital, medical center, clinic, hospice, nursing home/old people's home, ...

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u‧nit S2 W2 /ˈjuːnət, ˈjuːnɪt/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: unity]

1. GROUP a group of people working together as part of a larger group:
The man is in the hospital’s intensive care unit.

2. MEASURING an amount of something used as a standard of measurement
unit of
The watt is a unit of electrical power.

3. PART a thing, person, or group that is regarded as one single whole part of something larger:
a Russian army unit
unit of
The family is the basic social unit of modern society.

4. PART OF A BOOK one of the numbered parts into which a textbook (=a book used in schools) is divided

5. PRODUCT technical a single complete product made by a company:
The factory’s output is now up to 150,000 units each month.

6. PART OF A MACHINE a piece of equipment which is part of a larger machine
control/display/filter etc unit

7. FURNITURE a piece of furniture, especially one that can be attached to others of the same type:
fitted kitchen units British English
storage units

8. APARTMENT American English a single apartment in a larger building

9. SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY American English an amount of work that a student needs to do in order to complete a particular course

10. NUMBER British English technical any whole number less than ten:
hundreds, tens, and units

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

unit
noun
I. single thing
ADJ. large, small | basic, fundamental The family is the basic unit of society.
discrete, individual, single
VERB + UNIT break sth down into, divide sth into Large departments were broken down into smaller units.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

unit
II. fixed amount
ADJ. basic, standard | monetary | lexical, linguistic
UNIT + NOUN cost, length, weight
PREP. ~ of a unit of currency a unit of length fifty units of electricity
PHRASES per unit Electricity is ten pence per unit.

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unit
III. group of people
ADJ. cohesive The new manager changed a talented collection of individuals into a cohesive unit.
baby, casualty, emergency, intensive care, maternity, psychiatric, surgical, etc. She works in the maternity unit at the local hospital.
army, enemy, military | intelligence | policy | research | family, social the role of the family unit in the community
VERB + UNIT be attached to The cancer research unit is attached to the local university.

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unit
IV. piece of furniture/equipment
ADJ. cooking, kitchen, sink, storage | air-conditioning, control, power, processing, shower the central processing unit in a computer
VERB + UNIT install We're having new kitchen units installed.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

hospital a large building where sick or injured people receive medical treatment:
He was taken by ambulance to the local hospital.
the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford
a mental hospital
medical center American English a large hospital, which often has many different departments, including areas for research:
a discovery by doctors at the New England Medical Center
clinic a place, often in a hospital, where medical treatment and advice is given to people who do not need to stay in a hospital:
a family-planning clinic (=which gives people help and advice about birth control)
a special clinic for people with drug and alcohol problems
hospice a special hospital for people who are dying:
They are hoping to raise funds to build a hospice for sick and dying children.
nursing home/old people's home (also home) a place where people who are old and ill can live and be looked after, by nurses:
She doesn't want to end up in a nursing home.
sanatorium a place where people recovering after a long illness were sent in the past, so that they could rest and receive special care:
He was sent to a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps.
A&E/casualty British English, emergency room/ER American English the part of a hospital where people who are injured or who need urgent treatment are brought:
A&E waiting times have gone down.
A 33-year-old man was brought to the emergency room in a coma.
operating theatre British English, operating room American English a room in a hospital where operations are done:
Mrs Barnett was in the operating theatre for 11 hours while the transplant was carried out.
intensive care the part of a hospital where people who are very seriously ill or badly injured are cared for:
Mr Dye is in intensive care with head injuries.
unit part of a hospital where a particular kind of treatment is carried out:
the burns unit
the fertility unit
ward a large room in a hospital where people who need medical treatment stay:
the women's ward
She works as a nurse on a busy hospital ward.

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