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Definition: Unionize |
UnionizeVerb1. Recruit for a union. 2. Form or join a union. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Labor | To form into a union; to organize into a trade union; bring into or incorporate in a trade union. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: UnionizeSynonyms: organise (v), organize (v). (additional references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Thailand | In 2000, the State Enterprise Labor Relations Act (SELRA) was passed, giving public sector employees similar rights to those of private sector workers, including the right to unionize. (references) |
Political Economy | GUATEMALA | The constitution also specifically guarantees workers the right to unionize. (references) |
Worker Rights | Fiji | Since employers reserve the right to fire union organizers, some workers are afraid to unionize. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Unionize" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Unionize" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 75% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
unionize | 4 |
nurse unionize | 4 |
adm unionize | 3 |
mart unionize wal | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unionize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sindikoj. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | обхващам в профсъюз. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | syndikalizovat, sjednotit ve svaz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | متحدکردن بشکل اتحادیه دراوردن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | syndiquer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gewerkschaftlich organisieren. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | οργανώνω εισ ένωση, οργανώνω εισ συντεχνίαν. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | egyesít (adjoin, associated, combine, incorporate, integrate, join, join up, rejoin, to accrete, to affiliate, to ally, to club, to confederate, to consolidate, to incorporate, to join, to knit, to meld, to merge, to rejoin, to unite, to wed, unify, unite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | organizzare in sindacato. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ionizeunay sindicalizar, integrar numa união, confederar. (various references) объединять в профсоюзы, объединять (aggregate, band, collate, combine, combining, consolidate, desegregate, merged, unify, unite, unites, whip in). (various references) ujediniti (consolidate, pool, rally, unify, unite), napraviti savez. (various references) sindicarse (lineage, organize), sindicar (line up, organize, syndicate). (various references) gä med i en fackförening, bilda fackförening. (various references) sendikalaşmak, birlik yapmak, birlik olmak (align oneself with, aline oneself with, collaborate, conspire, gang up, unite). (various references) об'"днувати (amalgamate, band, combine, consolidate, embody, incorporate, rally, solder, unify). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "unionize": unionized, unionizes. (additional references) | |
Words containing "unionize": nonunionized. (additional references) | |
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"Unionize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: junoniae, unconcise, unionise. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unionize" (pronounced yuw"nyunī'z) |
| 5 | -y u n ī' z | communize. |
| 4 | -u n ī' z | agonize, aluminize, antagonize, balkanize, carbonize, colonize, demonize, disorganize, euthanize, galvanize, harmonize, hellenize, homogenize, humanize, ionize, lionize, mechanize, organize, patronize, reorganize, revolutionize, scrutinize, suburbanize, synchronize, urbanize, womanize. |
| 3 | -n ī' z | fraternize, immunize, ironize, modernize, recognize, westernize. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-i-n-n-o-u-z" | |
-2 letters: ionize. | |
-3 letters: ennui, inion, union. | |
-4 letters: neon, nine, none, noun, zein, zone. | |
-5 letters: eon, inn, ion, nun, one, zin. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-i-n-n-o-u-z" | |
+1 letter: unionized, unionizes. | |
+3 letters: teutonizing. | |
+4 letters: nebulization, nonunionized. | |
+5 letters: luteinization, nebulizations, nonsubsidized. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 69 6F 6E 69 7A 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. .. --- -. .. --.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01101001 01101111 01101110 01101001 01111010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n i o n i z e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0069 006F 006E 0069 007A 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5580758180759271 |
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