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UNITIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Separate or classify into units

Example:

The hospital was unitized for efficiency

Synonyms:

unitise; unitize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "unitize" is one way to...):

assort; class; classify; separate; sort; sort out (arrange or order by classes or categories)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

unit (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity)

unit (a single undivided whole)

unit (an organization regarded as part of a larger social group)

unit (a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else)

unit (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange)

unit (an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make into a unit

Example:

unitize a car body

Synonyms:

unitise; unitize

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "unitize" is one way to...):

aggregate; combine (gather in a mass, sum, or whole)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

unit (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity)

unit (a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else)

unitization (the act of packaging cargo into unit loads)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Divide (bulk material) and process as units

Synonyms:

unitise; unitize

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "unitize" is one way to...):

carve up; dissever; divide; separate; split; split up (separate into parts or portions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

unit (a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else)

unit (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange)

unit (an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole)

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