unionize

un·ion·ize

(yo͞on′yə-nīz′)

v. un·ion·ized, un·ion·iz·ing, un·ion·iz·es

v.tr.

1. To organize into a labor union.

2. To cause to join a labor union.

v.intr.

To organize or join a labor union.

un′ion·i·za′tion (-yə-nĭ-zā′shən) n.

un′ion·iz′er n.

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unionize

(ˈjuːnjəˌnaɪz) or

unionise

1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) to organize (workers) into a trade union

2. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) to join or cause to join a trade union

3. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) (tr) to subject to the rules or codes of a trade union

4. (Law) to join or become joined in marriage or civil partnership

ˌunioniˈzation, ˌunioniˈsation n

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un•ion•ize

(ˈyun yəˌnaɪz)

v. -ized, -iz•ing. v.t.

1. to organize (workers) into a labor union.

v.i.

2. to join in or form a labor union.

[1835–45]

un`ion•i•za′tion, n.

un′ion•iz`er, n.

unionize

Past participle: unionized
Gerund: unionizing

Imperative
unionize
unionize

Present
I unionize
you unionize
he/she/it unionizes
we unionize
you unionize
they unionize

Preterite
I unionized
you unionized
he/she/it unionized
we unionized
you unionized
they unionized

Present Continuous
I am unionizing
you are unionizing
he/she/it is unionizing
we are unionizing
you are unionizing
they are unionizing

Present Perfect
I have unionized
you have unionized
he/she/it has unionized
we have unionized
you have unionized
they have unionized

Past Continuous
I was unionizing
you were unionizing
he/she/it was unionizing
we were unionizing
you were unionizing
they were unionizing

Past Perfect
I had unionized
you had unionized
he/she/it had unionized
we had unionized
you had unionized
they had unionized

Future
I will unionize
you will unionize
he/she/it will unionize
we will unionize
you will unionize
they will unionize

Future Perfect
I will have unionized
you will have unionized
he/she/it will have unionized
we will have unionized
you will have unionized
they will have unionized

Future Continuous
I will be unionizing
you will be unionizing
he/she/it will be unionizing
we will be unionizing
you will be unionizing
they will be unionizing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been unionizing
you have been unionizing
he/she/it has been unionizing
we have been unionizing
you have been unionizing
they have been unionizing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been unionizing
you will have been unionizing
he/she/it will have been unionizing
we will have been unionizing
you will have been unionizing
they will have been unionizing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been unionizing
you had been unionizing
he/she/it had been unionizing
we had been unionizing
you had been unionizing
they had been unionizing

Conditional
I would unionize
you would unionize
he/she/it would unionize
we would unionize
you would unionize
they would unionize

Past Conditional
I would have unionized
you would have unionized
he/she/it would have unionized
we would have unionized
you would have unionized
they would have unionized

Translations

unionize

[ˈjuːnjənaɪz]

B. VI → sindicarse, sindicalizarse

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unionize

[ˈjuːnjənaɪz] unionise (British) vt → syndiquerUnion Jack n
the Union Jack → l'Union Jack munion member n → syndiqué(e) m/f

unionize

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