Unit

//ˈjuː.nɪt//

Synonyms for "unit" (252 found)

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10 relation types

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13 entries

More specific

2 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

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coordinate

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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has context

14 entries

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related to

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Translations

183 translations across 57 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • njësi noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Arabic

1 entries
  • وَحْدَة noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Armenian

1 entries
  • միավոր noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Asturian

1 entries
  • unidá noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • берәмек noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • берәмек noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • адзі́нка noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • единичен adj (for each unit)
  • едини́ца noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • едини́ца noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)
  • едини́ца noun (member of a military organization)

Catalan

2 entries
  • unitat noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • unitat noun (number one)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • یەکە noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 單位 /单位 noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • 部件 noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)

Czech

3 entries
  • jednotka noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • jednotka noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)
  • jednotka noun (member of a military organization)

Danish

4 entries
  • enhed noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • enhed noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)
  • enhed noun (member of a military organization)
  • enhed noun (algebra: element of a ring)

Dutch

3 entries
  • eenheid noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • eenheid noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)
  • eenheid noun (member of a military organization)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • unito noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • unuo noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Estonian

2 entries
  • ühik noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • üksus noun (member of a military organization)

Faroese

1 entries
  • eind noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Finnish

4 entries
  • yksikkö adj (for each unit)
  • yksikkö adj (mathematical)
  • asunto noun (measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household)
  • osasto noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)

French

4 entries
  • unité noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • unité noun (number one)
  • unité noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)
  • unité noun (course or section of a curriculum)

Galician

2 entries
  • unidade noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • unidade noun (number one)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ერთეული noun (standard measure of a quantity)

German

2 entries
  • Einheit noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • Einheit noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)

Greek

4 entries
  • κομμάτι noun (item which may be sold singly)
  • μονάδα noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • μονάδα noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)
  • μονάδα noun (member of a military organization)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • אֳָחָד noun (number one)
  • אַחַת noun (number one)
  • דִּירָה noun (measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household)
  • יְחִידָה noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Hindi

4 entries
  • इकाई noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • टुकड़ी noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)
  • टुकड़ी noun (member of a military organization)
  • टुकड़ी noun (military: subdivision in a task force)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • egység noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • egység noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)
  • egység noun (algebra: element of a ring)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • eind noun (algebra: element of a ring)
  • eining noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • satuan adj (for each unit)
  • satuan noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • satuan noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)
  • satuan noun (military: military element with prescribed structure)

Irish

3 entries
  • aonad noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • aonad noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)
  • aonad noun (algebra: element of a ring)

Italian

2 entries
  • unità noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • unità noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 一式 noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)
  • 単位 noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • 部門 noun (member of a military organization)
  • 部隊 noun (member of a military organization)

Javanese

1 entries
  • iji noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Korean

1 entries
  • 단위 noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Lao

1 entries
  • ໜ່ວຍ noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Latvian

1 entries
  • vienība noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • единица noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • единица noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)

Malay

2 entries
  • satuan noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • unit noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Marathi

1 entries
  • एकक noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Māori

3 entries
  • kotahi noun (number one)
  • waeine noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • waetahi noun (item which may be sold singly)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • yeke noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • yekîne noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • enhet noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • enhet noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)
  • enhet noun (algebra: element of a ring)
  • enhet noun (item which may be sold singly)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • eining noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • eining noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)
  • eining noun (algebra: element of a ring)
  • eining noun (item which may be sold singly)

Polish

4 entries
  • jednostkowy adj (mathematical)
  • jednostka noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • jednostka noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)
  • jednostka noun (member of a military organization)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • unitário adj (for each unit)
  • unitário adj (mathematical)
  • unidade noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • unidade noun (number one)

Romanian

4 entries
  • unitate noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • unitate noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)
  • unitate noun (member of a military organization)
  • unitate noun (algebra: element of a ring)

Russian

4 entries
  • едини́ца noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • едини́ца noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)
  • едини́ца noun (member of a military organization)
  • едини́ца noun (algebra: element of a ring)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • jedinica noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • jedinica noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)
  • jedinica noun (member of a military organization)
  • jedinica noun (algebra: element of a ring)

Slovak

1 entries
  • jednotka noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Slovene

2 entries
  • enota noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • enota noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)

Spanish

3 entries
  • unidad noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • unidad noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)
  • unidad noun (course or section of a curriculum)

Swahili

1 entries
  • uniti noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Swedish

4 entries
  • enhets adj (for each unit)
  • enhet noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • enhet noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)
  • enhet noun (member of a military organization)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • sambilang noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • yunit noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Tamil

1 entries
  • அலகு noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Turkish

2 entries
  • birim noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • birim noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • одини́ця noun (standard measure of a quantity)
  • одини́ця noun (organized group comprising people and/or equipment)

Urdu

1 entries
  • اِکائِی noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • đơn vị noun (standard measure of a quantity)

Sample sentences

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The company plans to close its U.S. sales unit in New York.

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A family is the smallest unit of society.

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The family is the most important unit in society.

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The family is the basic unit of society.

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