unionize

About 0.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To organize workers into a trade union.

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

2. verb Synonym of deionize. To cause (an ionized substance) to return to a neutral state; to convert (an ion) into a neutral atom or molecule. Of an ionized substance, to return to a neutral state.
3. verb To cause (an ionized substance) to return to a neutral state; to convert (an ion) into a neutral atom or molecule.
4. verb Of an ionized substance, to return to a neutral state.

Similar words

organize ally unionise join interunite unify federalize unitarize organify cooperativize

Often followed by

the and in workers or a to their women

Word family

unionizable unionized unionizes unionizing