unionize

C2+ Topic:Work & Careers

US /ˈjunjəˌnaɪz/ UK /ˈjuːnjənaɪz/ See IPA manual

verb

Meanings

1

verb
to organize workers into a labor union

The drivers voted to unionize after the pay cuts.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to organize workers into a... organizesyndicalizemobilize

Opposites

deunionize

Word family

Derived forms unionizationunionizedunionizer

Related forms unionunionistunionization

Etymology

From union + -ize; union from Late Latin unio ('oneness, a single large pearl'), from Latin unus ('one').

unio Latin unus Latin *óynos Proto-Indo-European

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# unionize

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** ˈjunjəˌnaɪz
**IPA (UK):** ˈjuːnjənaɪz

## Meanings
1. to organize workers into a labor union

## Examples
- The drivers voted to unionize after the pay cuts.

## Synonyms
- organize
- syndicalize
- mobilize

## Antonyms
- deunionize

## Derived Forms
- unionization
- unionized
- unionizer

## Related Forms
- union
- unionist
- unionization

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: unio
- Root: unus
- Root: *óynos

## Etymology
From union + -ize; union from Late Latin unio ('oneness, a single large pearl'), from Latin unus ('one').

## AI Etymology
Unionize is from union + -ize; union from Late Latin unio ('oneness, a single large pearl'), from Latin unus ('one'). Important recorded forms include unio (Latin), unus (Latin), and *óynos (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers to organize workers into a labor union. The wider family includes derived forms such as unionization, unionized, and unionizer and related words such as union, unionist, and unionization.

## Topics
- Work & Careers
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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