Unionized Meaning
/ˈjuːnjənaɪzd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbsimple past and past participle of unionize
adjOrganized into a trades union or trades unions.
Sentence Examples
The employees are all unionized.
The plant workers unionized.
Most of the workers are unionized.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ factory workers demanded better safety conditions from their employer.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Many of the workers in the factory are ____, which gives them more power to negotiate with their employer today.
Word Origin & History
From unionize, from union + -ize.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Bumblemore was constantly calling the house elves in to fix this or that thing, but they were unionized and often on strike, so everybody had learned to accept unflushing toilets and small electrical fires […]"
— 2002, Michael Gerber, Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody, page 25:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ factory workers demanded better safety conditions from their employer.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Many of the workers in the factory are ____, which gives them more power to negotiate with their employer today.