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# unit

«unit» in Mova's school dictionary: **an amount used for measuring, like a meter, a kilogram, a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unit/#m1)

2) A unit is a single thing, person or group that is part of something bigger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unit/#m2)

3) Units (ones) are the place for single numbers: in 47, the 7 is in the units place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unit/#m3)

4) A unit is a part of a course or textbook: Unit 3 is about fractions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unit/#m4)

5) A unit is a flat or apartment in a building, or a piece of furniture: a kitchen unit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unit/#m5)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unit/#x1)
- The building has 24 units. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unit/#x2)
- Each unit costs 3 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unit/#x3)
- A meter is a unit of length. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unit/#x4)
- In 352, the 2 is in the units place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unit/#x5)
- We are starting Unit 5: Measurement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unit/#x6)
- The second is the unit of time in science. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unit/#x7)
- Grams and kilograms are units of mass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unit/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/503-twins-and-big-families/0/)
- [Twins are often treated as one unit, but each twin is a separate person who needs to be seen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/503-twins-and-big-families/34/)
- [The hryvnia was a silver unit in Kyivan Rus; the modern hryvnia, Ukraine's money, was introduced in 1996.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991/12/)
- [To share a weight or an amount of liquid into equal parts, first turn it into the small unit, then divide.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/99-weight-capacity/1/)
- [Area tells how many unit squares cover a shape.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/106-area-of-a-rectangle/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.