Transcription
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- [yoo-nit]
- /ˈyu nɪt/
- /ˈjuːnɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [yoo-nit]
- /ˈyu nɪt/
Definitions of unit word
- noun unit a single thing or person. 1
- noun unit any group of things or persons regarded as an entity: They formed a cohesive unit. 1
- noun unit one of the individuals or groups that together constitute a whole; one of the parts or elements into which a whole may be divided or analyzed. 1
- noun unit one of a number of things, organizations, etc., identical or equivalent in function or form: a rental unit; a unit of rolling stock. 1
- noun unit any magnitude regarded as an independent whole; a single, indivisible entity. 1
- noun unit Also called dimension. any specified amount of a quantity, as of length, volume, force, momentum, or time, by comparison with which any other quantity of the same kind is measured or estimated. 1
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Origin of unit
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
1570; coined by John Dee as a translation of Greek mónas (previously rendered as unity); perhaps influenced by digit
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Unit
noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
unit popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
unit usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for unit
noun unit
- across the board — If a policy or a situation applies across the board, it affects everything or everyone in a particular group.
- all — You use all to indicate that you are referring to the whole of a particular group or thing or to everyone or everything of a particular kind.
- argosy — a large abundantly laden merchant ship, or a fleet of such ships
- army — An army is a large organized group of people who are armed and trained to fight on land in a war. Most armies are organized and controlled by governments.
- article — An article is a piece of writing that is published in a newspaper or magazine.
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