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Union / union > 13 senses
ADJECTIVE1Union, FederalOf or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the Civil War
2unionOf trade unions
NOUN1union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhoodAn organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
2Union, NorthThe United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
3union, coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, sexual unionThe act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
4union, unificationThe state of being joined or united or linked
5union, marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, wedlockThe state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
6union, conglutinationHealing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
7unionA political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
8union, sum, joinA set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
9unionThe occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
10unionA device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
11union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointureThe act of making or becoming a single unit
Union / union > pronunciation
Soundsyuw'nyahn
RhymesAachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2504 more rhymes in ahn at the HyperDic website...
Union > adjective 1
MeaningOf or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the Civil War.
Examples"Union soldiers"
SynonymsFederal
Similar tonorthern
union > adjective 2
MeaningOf trade unions.
Examples"the union movement"; "union negotiations"; "a union-shop clause in the contract"
Similarclosed; organized, organised, unionized, unionised
Contrarynonunion
union > noun 1, group
MeaningAn organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer.
Examples"you have to join the union in order to get a job"
Synonymslabor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
Part oflabor movement, trade union movement, labor
Narrowerindustrial union, vertical union; craft union; company union; Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, I.W.W.
Broaderorganization, organisation
Verbsunionize; unionize
Union > noun 2, location
MeaningThe United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War).
Examples"he has visited every state in the Union"; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"
SynonymsNorth
Attributesnorthern
Partsfree state
RegionUnited States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
BroaderUnited States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
union > noun 3, act
MeaningThe act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes.
Synonymscoupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, sexual union
Narrowerassortative mating; disassortative mating; hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing; inbreeding; servicing, service
Broadersexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
union > noun 4, state
MeaningThe state of being joined or united or linked.
Examples"there is strength in union"
Synonymsunification
Narrowercoalition, fusion; connection, link, connectedness; junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation; association; marriage; syncretism
Broaderstate
Contraryseparation
union > noun 5, state
MeaningThe state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce).
Examples"God bless this union"
Synonymsmarriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, wedlock
Categorylaw, jurisprudence
Narrowerbigamy; common-law marriage; endogamy, intermarriage, inmarriage; exogamy, intermarriage; marriage of convenience; misalliance; monandry; monogamy, monogamousness; open marriage; polygamy; sigeh
Broadermarital status
union > noun 6, process
MeaningHealing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones.
Synonymsconglutination
Broaderhealing
union > noun 7, group
MeaningA political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations.
Examples"the Soviet Union"
Narrowerconfederation, confederacy, federation; enosis; league; customs union
Broaderpolitical unit
union > noun 8, group
MeaningA set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets.
Examples"let C be the union of the sets A and B"
Synonymssum, join
Narrowerdirect sum
Broaderset
union > noun 9, event
MeaningThe occurrence of a uniting of separate parts.
Examples"lightning produced an unusual union of the metals"
Narroweramphimixis; fusion, merger, unification; combining, combine
Broaderhappening, occurrence, natural event
union > noun 10, artifact
MeaningA device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner).
Broaderdevice
union > noun 11, act
MeaningThe act of making or becoming a single unit.
Examples"the union of opposing factions"
Synonymsunification, uniting, conjugation, jointure
Narrowercoalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination; reunion, reunification; tribalization, tribalisation; umbrella
Broadercombination, combining, compounding
Contrarydisunion
Verbsunite

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