Union - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈjuːnɪən|  American pronunciation of the word union
Brit.  |ˈjuːnjən|  British pronunciation of the word union

noun

- an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer (syn: brotherhood)
you have to join the union in order to get a job
- the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War) (syn: north)
- the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes (syn: conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing)
- the state of being joined or united or linked (syn: unification)
there is strength in union
- the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) (syn: marriage, matrimony, wedlock)
God bless this union
- healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones (syn: conglutination)
- a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
- a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets (syn: join, sum)
let C be the union of the sets A and B
- the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
lightning produced an unusual union of the metals
- a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
- the act of making or becoming a single unit (syn: conjugation, jointure, unification, uniting)
the union of opposing factions

adjective

- being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War (syn: federal)

Extra examples

She joined the teachers' union.

An embryo is created through the union of sperm and egg.

A perfect union of Eastern and Western music

They live in perfect union.

Their union was blessed with three children.

Are you planning to join the union?

The artist's work shows the perfect union of craftsmanship and imagination.

Some militants favour independence for Kashmir or union with Pakistan.

We support the union of the environmental pressure groups into a federation.

International Union of Biochemistry

Universal Postal Union

Arab Maghreb Union

Asian Clearing Union

Consumers Union

European Payments Union

Word forms

noun
singular: union
plural: unions
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