different between unify vs unionize

English

Etymology

From Middle French unifier, from Late Latin unificare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ju?n?fa?/

Verb

unify (third-person singular simple present unifies, present participle unifying, simple past and past participle unified)

1. (transitive) Cause to become one; make into a unit; consolidate; merge; combine.
2. (intransitive) Become one.
   • 2008, Eliza Mada Dalian, In Search of the Miraculous: Healing Into Consciousness,^[1] Expanding Universe Publishing, ?ISBN, page 91:

     Ultimately, all frequencies unify into an unmoving state of zero frequency or vacuum. In other words, all seven sound vibrations or notes unify into silence; all thought frequencies (positive and negative) unify into no-thought or no-mind; and all seven colors of the rainbow unify into pure space that appears dark when it is invisible and as light when it is visible.

Antonyms

• divide

Derived terms

Related terms

• unite

Translations

English

Etymology

union +? -ize

Verb

unionize (third-person singular simple present unionizes, present participle unionizing, simple past and past participle unionized)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To organize workers into a union.

   The company laid off all the workers when they tried to unionize.

   My uncle got roughed up by some corporate thugs after they caught him trying to unionize their workers.

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