units
YOO-nits/ˈjuː.nɪts/
- 1Plural of unit.
The factory shipped fifty thousand units to retailers nationwide.
Soldiers from several units assembled at the base before dawn.
Note
A plain -s plural that carries every meaning of the singular, so context decides which is meant. In a dose such as 5,000 units, the word is short for international units. In military talk, units are normally whole organized groups, though informally the word can also count individual members. Elsewhere it names standard measures, as in units of length or weight.
units is a form of unit
unit, noun: An organized group made up of people, equipment, or both, working together as a single body. Full entry
- Forms
- unitunits plural
- Spelling
- unit → units: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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