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colony
Noun
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A colony is a place that is settled by people from another place.
The Amana Colonies in Iowa were settled by people from New York and Germany
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A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
An ant colony is a large group of ants that live together
forming
noun
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The act by which something is formed; formation.
unit
Noun
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One of a measure of something; the amount of something that is counted as "one".
Measure five units to the left.
$4 is the unit price.
A pound is a useful unit for thinking about amounts of butter.
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Form of measurement.
I prefer metric units.
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Item, used when no other word for something exists.
He set up the A/C unit.