Meaning & Definition of Unit in English

1. Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange

• "The dollar is the united states unit of currency"

• "A unit of wheat is a bushel"

• "Change per unit volume"

2. 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"

• "The word is a basic linguistic unit"

3. An organization regarded as part of a larger social group

• "The coach said the offensive unit did a good job"

• "After the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"

4. A single undivided whole

• "An idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another"

5. A single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else

• "Units of nucleic acids"

6. An assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

• "How big is that part compared to the whole?"

• "The team is a unit"