unit
part of speech
noun (unit, units)
meaning for a pupil
1) A unit is an amount used for measuring, like a meter, a kilogram, a liter or an hour. tree →
2) A unit is a single thing, person or group that is part of something bigger. tree →
3) Units (ones) are the place for single numbers: in 47, the 7 is in the units place. tree →
4) A unit is a part of a course or textbook: Unit 3 is about fractions. tree →
5) A unit is a flat or apartment in a building, or a piece of furniture: a kitchen unit. tree →
sense in the lessons
Maths: units of measure; the ones place; a single item: «price per unit» × units = cost; always write the unit with the answer. Science: SI units (meter, kilogram, second). School: a unit of work. Everyday: units in a block of flats, an army unit, a hospital unit.
examples
- Write the answer in the right unit. tree →
- The building has 24 units. tree →
- Each unit costs 3 dollars. tree →
- A meter is a unit of length. tree →
- In 352, the 2 is in the units place. tree →
- We are starting Unit 5: Measurement. tree →
- The second is the unit of time in science. tree →
- Grams and kilograms are units of mass. tree →
note
Countable: a unit, units; «a unit» (not «an unit»), because it starts with a «you» sound. Check units before adding: change all to the same unit first. «Per unit» marks a rate (price per unit × units). Trap: 2 m + 50 cm is 2.5 m, not 52.
In the corpora
- Twins are often treated as one unit, «the twins», but each twin is her own person.
- Twins are often treated as one unit, but each twin is a separate person who needs to be seen.
- The hryvnia was a silver unit in Kyivan Rus; the modern hryvnia, Ukraine's money, was introduced in 1996.
- To share a weight or an amount of liquid into equal parts, first turn it into the small unit, then divide.
- Area tells how many unit squares cover a shape.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «unit» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.