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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
3. separate or classify into units
Familiarity information: UNITISE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
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
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