"unitize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: unitizes [present, singular, third-person], unitizing [participle, present], unitized [participle, past], unitized [past]
Etymology: From unit + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|unit|ize}} unit + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} unitize (third-person singular simple present unitizes, present participle unitizing, simple past and past participle unitized)
  1. To manage as a unit.
    Sense id: en-unitize-en-verb-eaWE-S5Y
  2. To convert, package, or organize into one or more units.
    Sense id: en-unitize-en-verb-3acxvNNd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unitise Related terms: unitary

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