unionize

== English == === Etymology 1 === From union +‎ -ize. ==== Alternative forms ==== unionise ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈjuːnjənaɪz/ ==== Verb ==== unionize (third-person singular simple present unionizes, present participle unionizing, simple past and past participle unionized) (ambitransitive) To organize workers into a union. Synonym: trade-unionize ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From un- +‎ ionize. ==== Alternative forms ==== un-ionize, unionise, un-ionise ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ʌnˈaɪənaɪz/ ==== Verb ==== unionize (third-person singular simple present unionizes, present participle unionizing, simple past and past participle unionized) (physical chemistry, rare) Synonym of deionize. (transitive) To cause (an ionized substance) to return to a neutral state; to convert (an ion) into a neutral atom or molecule. (intransitive) Of an ionized substance, to return to a neutral state. ===== Derived terms =====