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Plural of unit

regular plural

The plural of unit is units.

Forms of unit

Singularunit /ˈjuː.nɪt/
Pluralunits /ˈjuː.nɪts/
Countablecountable

Units in a sentence

  • The fifth tank brigade moved in with 20 units. (i.e., 20 tanks)
  • We shipped nearly twice as many units this month as last month.
  • It's his proposal that there (should) not be several dozen units.From the entry should
  • "Deploy two units of infantry along the enemy's flank," the general ordered.From the entry deploy
  • The SI unit of velocity is metres per second, derived from the base units metre and second.From the entry base unit

Meaning of unit

  1. noun Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
  2. noun A standard measure of a quantity or magnitude.
  3. noun A basic, self-contained component or module that performs a specific function inside a computer system.

Full definition of unit

Questions about the plural of unit

What is the plural of unit?
The plural of unit is units.
Is unit countable?
Unit is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unit (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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