union in English dictionary

  • union

    Meanings and definitions of "union"

    • The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.
    • That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
    • A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
    • (set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
    • The act or state of marriage.
    • Sexual intercourse.
    • (computing) A data structure that can store any of various items, but only one at a time.
    • (now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.
    • noun
      (countable)
      The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      The state of being united or joined.
    • noun
      (countable)
      That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
    • noun
      (countable)
      A trade union; a workers' union.
    • noun
      (countable)
      An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
    • noun
      (countable)
      A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
    • noun
      (countable, set theory)
      The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
    • noun
      (countable)
      The act or state of marriage.
    • noun
      (uncountable, archaic, euphemistic)
      Sexual intercourse.
    • noun
      (countable, computing)
      A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
    • noun
      (countable, now rare, archaic)
      A large, high-quality pearl.
    • verb
      To combine sets using the union operation.
    • In programming, a structure that can be used to store different types of variables (such as integer, character, or Boolean).
    • The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes.
    • the act of uniting or the state of being united
    • that which is united; something formed by a combination of parts or members
    • joint
    • in set theory
    • marriage
    • sexual intercourse
    • computing: certain data structure
    • adjective
      of trade unions; "the union movement"; "union negotiations"; "a union-shop clause in the contract"
    • noun
      an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"
    • noun
      a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
    • noun
      a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations; "the Soviet Union"
    • noun
      a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B"
    • noun
      healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
    • noun
      the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"
    • noun
      the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
    • noun
      the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts; "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals"
    • noun
      the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"
    • noun
      the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union"

    Synonyms of "union" in English dictionary

    trade union, US, unification are the top synonyms of "union" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "union" in English dictionary

    separation, nonunion, disunion are the top antonyms of "union" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of union

    • union ( plural  unions)
    • union (plural unions)
    • union (third-person singular simple present unions, present participle unioning, simple past and past participle unioned)
  • Union

    Meanings and definitions of "union"

    • A nickname for the 0-10-2 train configuration derived from the name of the only U.S. company to use that configuration.
    • noun
      The 0-10-2 train configuration. Derived from the name of the only U.S. company to use that configuration.
    • proper
      (US, with determiner, dated, especially 19th century)
      The United States of America.
    • proper
      (US, with determiner, historical)
      Those of the United States that did not secede at the time of the Civil War (of the United States of America).
    • proper
      (Britain, with determiner)
      The United Kingdom (of Scotland, England, and Wales (Great Britain); or subsequently, Ireland or Northern Ireland)
    • proper
      One of several municipalities
    • Union, Progress and Democracy
    • adjective
      being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War; "Union soldiers"; "Federal forces"; "a Federal infantryman"
    • noun
      the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War); "he has visited every state in the Union"; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"; "the North's superior resources turned the scale"

    Synonyms of "union" in English dictionary

    Federal, North are the top synonyms of "union" in the English thesaurus.

    • Federal

      being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War; "Union soldiers"; "Federal forces"; "a Federal infantryman"

    • North

      the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War); "he has visited every state in the Union"; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"; "the North's superior resources turned the scale"

    Grammar and declension of union

    • Union ( plural  Unions)
    • Union (plural Unions)
  • UNION

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