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Union
//ˈjuː.njən// adj, name, noun, verb, slang
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Belonging to, represented by, or otherwise pertaining to a labour union.
"Actors have to be union to get work here."
- 2 federal. India
"The union government of India"
Adjective
- 1 being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War wordnet
- 2 of trade unions wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 The United States of America. US, dated, especially, obsolete
"threats to secede from the Union"
- 2 A surname.
- 3 The Oxford Union (a debating society); not to be conflated with Oxford University Student Union (a students' union). informal
- 4 Those of the United States that did not secede at the time of the Civil War (of the United States of America). US, historical
"Union troops at Gettysburg"
- 5 The Soviet Union: the proper noun Union is the standard English translation of the proper noun Союз (Sojuz), and All-Union is the standard English translation of всесоюзный (vsesojuznyj). historical
"throughout the Union, but nowhere more so than at the Center [Moscow]"
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- 6 Alternative form of union. India, alt-of, alternative
- 7 Place names:; A community in Central Elgin municipality, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.
- 8 Place names:; A barangay of Ubay, Bohol, Philippines.
- 9 Place names:; A village on the south cast of the island of Siargao, Surigao del Norte, Philippines.
- 10 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Greene County, Alabama.
- 11 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Merced County, California.
- 12 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A former unincorporated community in Napa County, California.
- 13 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A small town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
- 14 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A village in McHenry County, Illinois.
- 15 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Pike County, Indiana.
- 16 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A tiny city in Hardin County, Iowa.
- 17 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A home rule city in Boone County, Kentucky.
- 18 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Knox County, Maine.
- 19 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Neshoba County and Newton County, Mississippi.
- 20 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Missouri.
- 21 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Clark County, Missouri.
- 22 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
- 23 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A village and census-designated place in the town of Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire.
- 24 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A hamlet in Madison County, New York.
- 25 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A large town in Broome County, New York.
- 26 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Montgomery County and Miami County, Ohio.
- 27 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Union County, Oregon.
- 28 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Union County, South Carolina.
- 29 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Virginia.
- 30 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A small town, the county seat of Monroe County, West Virginia.
- 31 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A small town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
- 32 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A small town in Door County, Wisconsin.
- 33 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A town and unincorporated community in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
- 34 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in the town of Lima, Grant County, Wisconsin.
- 35 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A small town in Pierce County, Wisconsin.
- 36 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A town and unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin.
- 37 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A small town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
- 38 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A small town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
- 39 Place names:; A number of places in the United States:; A large number of townships in the United States, listed under Union Township.
Noun
- 1 The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one. countable
- 2 The 0-10-2 locomotive wheel arrangement.
- 3 the act of making or becoming a single unit wordnet
- 4 The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony. uncountable
- 5 The canton of the United States flag: the portion of the flag containing stars on a blue background.
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- 6 the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes wordnet
- 7 Something united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league. countable
- 8 a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner) wordnet
- 9 A trade union; a workers' union. countable
"In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time."
- 10 the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts wordnet
- 11 An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body. countable
- 12 a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets wordnet
- 13 A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes. countable
- 14 an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer wordnet
- 15 The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets. countable
- 16 a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations wordnet
- 17 The act or state of marriage. countable
- 18 healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones wordnet
- 19 Sexual intercourse. archaic, euphemistic, uncountable
- 20 the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) wordnet
- 21 A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time. countable
"Unions are useful in those cases where you need to keep track of a value that can be represented as different data types during the lifetime of the program."
- 22 the state of being joined or united or linked wordnet
- 23 A large, high-quality pearl. archaic, countable
"Nonius the senator hath a purple coat as stiff with jewels as his mind is full of vices; rings on his fingers worth 20,000 sesterces, and[…]an union in his ear worth an hundred pounds' weight of gold […]"
- 24 An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse. countable, historical, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To combine sets using the union operation.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”). Doublet of unio.
Etymology 2
From Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”). Doublet of unio.
Etymology 3
From Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”). Doublet of unio.
Etymology 4
(locomotive): Derived from the name of the only U.S. company to use that configuration.
Etymology 5
(locomotive): Derived from the name of the only U.S. company to use that configuration.
Etymology 6
Probably a variant spelling of Onion.
Etymology 7
Clipping of Oxford Union.
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