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union

/'/j//u/n/j//(@)/n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. of trade unions

    adj.all

    Examples
    The union movement.
    Union negotiations.
    A union-shop clause in the contract.
    Antonyms nonunion

    Source: WordNet 3.0

noun

  1. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer

    noun.group

    Examples
    You have to join the union in order to get a job.
    Synonyms brotherhood labor union trade union trades union

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)

    noun.location

    Examples
    He has visited every state in the Union.
    Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union.
    Synonyms north

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

    noun.act

    Synonyms conjugation coupling mating pairing sexual union

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. the state of being joined or united or linked

    noun.state

    Examples
    There is strength in union.
    Synonyms unification
    Antonyms separation

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

    noun.state

    Examples
    God bless this union.
    Synonyms marriage matrimony spousal relationship wedlock

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones

    noun.process

    Synonyms conglutination

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  7. a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations

    noun.group

    Examples
    The Soviet Union.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  8. a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets

    noun.group

    Examples
    Let C be the union of the sets A and B.
    Synonyms join sum

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  9. the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts

    noun.event

    Examples
    Lightning produced an unusual union of the metals.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  10. a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)

    noun.artifact

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  11. the act of making or becoming a single unit

    noun.act

    Examples
    The union of opposing factions.
    Synonyms conjugation jointure unification uniting
    Antonyms disunion

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  12. The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War

    adj.all

    Examples
    Union soldiers.
    Synonyms federal

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

uninvitedlyuninvitinguninvolveduniouniocularuniocular dichromatunion armyunion cardunion flagunion jackunion memberunion of burma

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