UNITISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unitise mean? 

• UNITISE (verb)
  The verb UNITISE has 3 senses:

1. divide (bulk material) and process as units

2. make into a unit

3. separate or classify into units

  Familiarity information: UNITISE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNITISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they unitise    ... he / she / it unitises   
Past simple: unitised   
Past participle: unitised   
-ing form: unitising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Divide (bulk material) and process as units

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

unitise; unitize

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

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make into a unit

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

unitise; unitize

Context example:

unitize a car body

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

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

unitisation (the act of packaging cargo into unit loads)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Separate or classify into units

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

unitise; unitize

Context example:

The hospital was unitized for efficiency

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

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something