unit
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
the dollar is the United States unit of currency
Types & categories
- definite quantity
- measuring unit
- denier
- diopter
- karat
- absorption unit
- acceleration unit
- angular unit
- area unit
- volume unit
- computer memory unit
- emu
- explosive unit
- force unit
- linear unit
- metric unit
- miles per gallon
- monetary unit
- megaflop
- teraflop
- MIPS
- pain unit
- pressure unit
- printing unit
- sound unit
- telephone unit
- temperature unit
- weight unit
- mass unit
- unit of viscosity
- work unit
- langley
- Brinell number
- point
- bit
- electrostatic unit
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Sense 2 noun
an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
the reduced the number of units and installations
Types & categories
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Sense 3 noun
an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
the coach said the offensive unit did a good job
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Sense 4 noun
a single undivided whole
an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another
Types & categories
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Sense 5 noun
a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
units of nucleic acids
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
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Sense 6 noun
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
how big is that part compared to the whole?
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | unitize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | unitize |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | definite quantity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | measuring unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | denier |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | diopter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | karat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | absorption unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | acceleration unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | angular unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | area unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | volume unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | computer memory unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | emu |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | explosive unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | force unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | linear unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | metric unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | miles per gallon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | monetary unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | megaflop |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | teraflop |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | MIPS |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pain unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pressure unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | printing unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sound unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | telephone unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | temperature unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | weight unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mass unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | unit of viscosity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | work unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | langley |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Brinell number |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | point |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | electrostatic unit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unitize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unitize |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | unitize |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | organization |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | klavern |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | administrative unit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | company |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | family |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | poste restante |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | instrumentality |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | intensive care unit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | member |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | military unit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | task force |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | team |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | den |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | work party |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | combination |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | crew |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | scout troop |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | outfit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fifth column |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | political unit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | side |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | working group |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | unify |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | unitize |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | whole |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | one |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | unitize |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | unitize |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | unitize |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | part |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | thing |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | chemical chain |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | couple |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | unit cell |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | radical |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | molecule |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | unify |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | unitize |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | unitize |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | mingle |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | unanimous |
| 6 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | part |
| 6 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | segment |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | object |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | congener |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | living thing |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | natural object |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | artifact |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | assembly |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | item |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | total |