verb
1. divide (bulk material) and process as units
• Syn: ↑unitize
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
2. make into a unit
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unitize a car body
• Syn: ↑unitize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑unitisation, ↑unitization (for: ↑unitize), ↑unit (for: ↑unitize)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
3. separate or classify into units
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The hospital was unitized for efficiency
• Syn: ↑unitize
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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ūˈnitize or ūˈnitise transitive verb
1. To convert into unit trusts (commerce)
2. To make into, or treat as, a unit
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Main Entry: ↑unit
Useful english dictionary. 2012.