Betekenis van unit In het Nederlands

• 0 a single thing or a separate part of something larger:

  • Each unit of the text book focuses on a different grammar point.

  • The first year of the course is divided into four units.

  • The company plans to split into two or three units.

  • kitchen/shelf/sink units

  • the central processing unit of a computer

  • a waste-disposal unit

  • The old house has been divided up into three rental units.

  • a public housing unit

  • I'm delighted he's playing. He's definitely a unit.

  • Look at the size of that cow! It's an absolute unit.

  • A new phone that promises 50 days of battery life with just one charge has been hailed as an “absolute unit” by tech fans.

• 1 a group of people living or working together, especially for a particular purpose:

  • the traditional family unit

  • Both soldiers spent two weeks in training before being allowed to rejoin their unit (= the particular part of the army to which they belonged).

  • Dr Nussbaum is director of the Civil Liberties Research Unit at King's College, London.

• 2 a standard measure that is used to express amounts:

  • A centimetre is a unit of length.

  • The standard unit of currency in the US is the dollar.

  • Experts say that women should not drink more than 14 units of alcohol a week.

• 3 a department in a hospital for the treatment of people with similar illnesses or conditions:

  • She's in the burns/paediatric/psychiatric unit.

• 4 any whole number less than ten:

  • Tens go in the left-hand column and units in the right.

• 5 a single item or a separate part of something larger:

  • The first year of the course is divided into four units.

  • This apartment building has 60 units (= separate apartments).

  • the central processing unit of a computer

  • a unit of a bookcase

• 6 a group of people living or working together, esp. for a particular purpose:

  • a military unit

  • He’s the surgeon in charge of the burn unit at the hospital.

• 7 a standard measure used to express amounts:

  • An inch is a unit of length.

  • The dollar is the standard unit of currency in the US.

• 8 a single thing or separate part of something larger:

  • The training course is divided into five units, and takes place over five days.

• 9 a particular type of business or department within a larger organization:

  • Shares in the pharmaceutical company shot up to 2575p after the sale of its chemicals unit.

  • Cellphone companies are still on the rise, but most of them are units of the traditional telcos.

  • a business/operating unit

• 10 a single share or bond in a unit trust or mutual fund:

  • Your investment purchases units that are linked to the Performance Fund.

• 11 an individual building or house:

  • industrial/office units

  • a housing/residential unit

• 12 a piece of machinery or equipment designed to be used for a particular purpose:

  • an air-conditioning unit

  • kitchen/shelving/wall-mounted units

• 13 a single product considered as part of the total number of products that a company manufactures or sells:

  • Last year the company cut domestic production to 3.1 million units.

• 14 a measurement that is used as a standard to express amounts:

  • Women are advised not to consume more than 14 units of alcohol a week.

  • a unit of energy/measurement