UNITIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unitize mean? 

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

1. divide (bulk material) and process as units

2. make into a unit

3. separate or classify into units

  Familiarity information: UNITIZE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNITIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they unitize    ... he / she / it unitizes   
Past simple: unitized   
Past participle: unitized   
-ing form: unitizing   

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 "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)

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 "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:

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 "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)