noun
an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
Synonyms
Examples
- you have to join the union in order to get a job
noun
the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
Synonyms
North
Examples
- he has visited every state in the Union
- Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union
- the North's superior resources turned the scale
noun
the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
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Examples
- the casual couplings of adolescents
- the mating of some species occurs only in the spring
noun
the state of being joined or united or linked
Synonyms
Examples
- there is strength in union
noun
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
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Examples
- a long and happy marriage
- God bless this union
noun
healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
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noun
a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
Examples
- the Soviet Union
noun
a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
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Examples
- let C be the union of the sets A and B
noun
the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
Examples
- lightning produced an unusual union of the metals
noun
a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
noun
the act of making or becoming a single unit
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Examples
- the union of opposing factions
- he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays
adjective
being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War
Synonyms
Federal
Examples
- Union soldiers
- Federal forces
- a Federal infantryman
adjective
of trade unions
Examples
- the union movement
- union negotiations
- a union-shop clause in the contract