reserve unit

collocation in English

meaningsofreserveandunit

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reserve
noun
uk
/rɪˈzɜːv/us
/rɪˈzɝːv/
the habit of not showing your feelings ...
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unit
noun
uk
/ˈjuː.nɪt/us
/ˈjuː.nɪt/
a single thing or a separate part of ...
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(Definition ofreserveandunitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreserve unit

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It could happen with areserveunit.
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Let us have the new consortiumreserveunit.
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The last director of the reserves had never even served in areserveunit.
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Many communities would lose the benefits of possessing areserveunit.
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The retention of such identity for areserveunitwithin a geographical region could be justified.
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Those people, because they are in that particularreserveunit, are accustomed to certain skills and crafts.
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The objective must be to devise areserveunitwhich countries will be as willing to hold as, say, dollars.
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The cost today of a volunteerreserveunitis typically around a fifth of its regular counterparts.
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But those high quality men and women will be equally valuable to the volunteerreserveunitwhen engaged in operations.
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In 1947 the group was activated as areserveunit.
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Unit inactivated then reconstituted as areserveunitin 1952.
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After that, he or she is sent to areserveunit.
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It served primary as a training andreserveunit, and participate in counter-insurgency operations.
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The squadron remained an inactivereserveunituntil 1951 when the squadron was inactivated.
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The group served as areserveunitfor two years later in the decade.
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This 1980s engine won several awards for appearance and is currently in service as areserveunit.
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After being reassigned to areserveunitand designated as an ordnance officer, he applied for pilot's training.
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We all want—or most of us do—to create a new internationalreserveunitwhich in time could take over the rôle which the present reserve currencies perform.
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I should have thought that many people in civilian life would willingly serve in areserveunitat their local base and that they could be used in that way.
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They are required to complete a specified number of drill periods per year by reporting to theirreserveunitand completing the prescribed training.
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As areserveunit, the formation is not in existence on a permanent basis, but is instead only called upon when needed.
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