Union meaning of word

In the face of the defiant position of the Anjouanese in favour of the dismemberment of the Union of the Comores, the OAU had no alternative but to authorise a variety of measures that would compel them back into the union. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The first President Bush used “sound and strong” in 1990, combining Nixon-Carter with Reagan, but the following year departed from tradition to use the word union in a sense that illuminated his “thousand points of light”: “The state of our Union is the union of each of us, one to the other—the sum of our friendships, marriages, families and communities.” ❋ William Safire (2004)

The fact is, the compromise alluded to, instead of effecting a union, rendered it impracticable; unless by the term union we are to understand the absolute reign of the slaveholding power over the whole country, to the prostration of Northern rights. ❋ American Anti-Slavery Society (N/A)

The fact is, the compromise alluded to, instead of effecting a union, rendered it impracticable; unless by the term union are to understand the absolute reign of the slaveholding power over the whole country, to the prostration of Northern rights. ❋ American Anti-Slavery Society (N/A)

We talk about everything and one of the best parts of our union is our love of working jointly on projects together. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Though the word «union» is used to score ideological points in some circles, the editorial fails to explain why unionized workers, as much as any other workers, don’t deserve their country’s support when their jobs go overseas. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Everything about the nature and the mandated content (presidents may not report much, but the speeches are still full of recommendations) implies the state of the union is a political question. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Baltimore’s Ray Lewis and Arizona’s Darnell Dockett also responded to Cromartie’s Monday rant, in which he called union leaders «a-holes.» ❋ Michael Klopman (2011)

I bet you those members of that union, you know the ones with proper vacation time, insuraqnce benefits, medical day off would dispute your claim that the union is a mob, but Reagan fooled all of you dumb people into believing that trickle down economics is the way to go, not the unions … ❋ Unknown (2008)

Honeywell opted not to let the union employees work without a contract, citing the lack of bargaining progress and what it called the union‘s refusal to agree to provide 24 hours of notice before any strike. ❋ AP (2010)

Early on he made it clear that he felt that what he called the union‘s «three legged stool» of seniority, tenure, and a rigid pay schedule were the major obstacles to serious reform. ❋ John Merrow (2010)

However, the union is asking for a pay increase and job security in an economy that can offer neither. ❋ Unknown (2008)

[Unions] brought us the weekend. And the 8-hour [workday], and safe working conditions requirements, and fair pay for fair work, and protection from management [harrassment] ❋ Harry_Pothead5 (2009)

It was [more like] [slavery] than [employment] ❋ Alec81484 (2005)

Because my [work] [place] doesn’t have a union, I [take it in the ass]! ❋ Ben-wah! (2003)

«FUCK THIS! I’M ON [MY LUNCH] BRAKE YOU [FUCKING ASSHOLE]! *whips out [union card]* ❋ Matt Herman (2003)

By joining together with my [coworkers] to form a union, we [fought] for and won better [benefits] and a voice at work. ❋ Lboogie (2007)

1. Thanks to the union for the 40 hour work week, health [insurance], sick days…
2. This union [extortion] could turn a [democrat] into a republican ❋ Disillusionment (2004)

Stupid Lawyer: You can’t fire that worker, he worked here for ten years. He has family.
[Business Owner]: I understand, but I have to cut costs to stay in business or else I will go under and no one will have a job.
Lawyer: You disgusting [Capitalist pig], how dare you run your business the way you choose.
[Business Owner’s] Lawyer: I’m sorry, but he right, due to the union laws, you can’t just fire him. ❋ Randon (2006)

«Did you see where [the business] [agent] got fired by his own union — I wonder who will file his [grievance]?» ❋ Dick Splash (2003)

[the union] [told] [me i] work to hard.. ❋ Op (2004)

those dumb union workers at the printers [drove] all [the print] shops out of business and then had no [jobs] at all ❋ Andy1 (2004)

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːn.jən/, /ˈjuː.ni.ən/
• Rhymes: -uːnjən

Noun[edit]

union (countable and uncountable, plural unions)

1. (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
2. (countable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
3. (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.
4. (countable) A trade union; a workers’ union.

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     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.

5. (countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
6. (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
7. (countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
8. (countable) The act or state of marriage.
9. (uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
10. (countable, programming) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
11. (countable, now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.

    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 3:

      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 […]

    • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

      And in the cup an union shall he throw, Richer than that which four successive kings In Denmark’s crown have worn.

12. (historical) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.

Synonyms[edit]

• (the act of uniting): junction, coalition, combination

Antonyms[edit]

• non-union, nonunion

Derived terms[edit]

[edit]

• reunion
• reunification
• unify
• unity

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

1. To combine sets using the union operation.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for union in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

See also[edit]

• intersection
• Wikipedia article about unions in set theory

Adjective[edit]

union (comparative more union, superlative most union)

1. Belonging to, represented by, or otherwise pertaining to a labour union.

   Actors have to be union to get work here.

Anagrams[edit]

• iunno

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /uniˈoˀn/

Noun[edit]

union c (singular definite unionen, plural indefinite unioner)

1. union

Inflection[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

• personalunion
• realunion

Further reading[edit]

• “union” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “union” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”). Doublet of unie.

Pronunciation[edit]

• Hyphenation: u‧ni‧on

Noun[edit]

union m (plural unions)

1. (US, obsolete) A trade union.

   Synonyms: syndicaat, vakbond

Esperanto[edit]

Noun[edit]

union

1. accusative singular of unio

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French union, borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /y.njɔ̃/

Noun[edit]

union f (plural unions)

1. union

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

• → German: Union

Further reading[edit]

• “union”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Friulian[edit]

Noun[edit]

union f (plural unions)

1. union

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

Noun[edit]

union m (definite singular unionen, indefinite plural unioner, definite plural unionene)

1. union (of a political nature)

   Den europeiske union ― the European Union

Derived terms[edit]

• Sovjetunionen

References[edit]

• “union” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “union” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ʉnɪˈuːn/

Noun[edit]

union m (definite singular unionen, indefinite plural unionar, definite plural unionane)

1. union (a political entity consisting of two or more state that are united)

   Noreg var i union med Sverige fram til 1905.

   Norway was part of a union with Sweden until 1905.

2. (mathematics) union (the set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.)

Derived terms[edit]

• Sovjetunionen

References[edit]

• “union” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

union f (plural unions)

1. union

[edit]

• unir

References[edit]

• «union» in Dicod’òc

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

Proper noun[edit]

union f (nominative singular union)

1. Trinity (God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit)

Synonyms[edit]

• Trinité

Descendants[edit]

• English: union
• French: union

Papiamentu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish unión, ultimately from Latin ūnus (“one”).

Noun[edit]

union

1. union

Piedmontese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• üniun

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /yˈnjuŋ/

Noun[edit]

union f (plural union)

1. union

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

union c

1. union (a body with many members)

Declension[edit]

Declension of union
	Singular	Plural
Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	union	unionen	unioner	unionerna
Genitive	unions	unionens	unioners	unionernas

Derived terms[edit]

• unionsupplösning

See also[edit]

• fackförening
• federation
• förbund
• förening
• kår
• studentkår
• valutaunion

Further reading[edit]

• union in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• union in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• union in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Venetian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /uˈnjoŋ/

Noun[edit]

union f (invariable)

1. union

[edit]

• unir

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un (“one”) +‎ iawn (“right, correct”)

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnjɔn/

  Note: Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /ɪ/ in all parts of Wales.

Adjective[edit]

union (feminine singular union, plural union, equative unioned, comparative unionach, superlative unionaf)

1. exact

Derived terms[edit]

• unioni (“to straighten; to rectify, to redress”)

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
union	unchanged	unchanged	hunion
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Look up Union or union in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Union commonly refers to:

• Trade union, an organization of workers
• Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets

Union may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment[edit]

Music[edit]

• Union (band), an American rock group
  • Union (Union album), 1998
• Union (Chara album), 2007
• Union (Toni Childs album), 1988
• Union (Cuff the Duke album), 2012
• Union (Paradoxical Frog album), 2011
• Union, a 2001 album by Puya
• Union, a 2001 album by Rasa
• Union (The Boxer Rebellion album), 2009
• Union (Yes album), 1991
• «Union» (Black Eyed Peas song), 2005

Other uses in arts and entertainment[edit]

• Union (Star Wars), a Dark Horse comics limited series
• Union, in the fictional Alliance–Union universe of C. J. Cherryh
• Union (Horse with Two Discs), a bronze sculpture by Christopher Le Brun, 1999–2000
• The Union (Marvel Team), a Marvel Comics superhero team and comic series

Education[edit]

• Union Academy (disambiguation), the name of several institutions
• Union College (disambiguation), the name of several institutions
• Union Institute & University, in Ohio, U.S.
• Union Presbyterian Seminary, in Virginia, U.S.
• Union Public Schools, a school district in Oklahoma, U.S.
• Union School of Theology, in Wales
• Union Theological College, in Northern Ireland
• Union Theological Seminary (disambiguation), the name of several institutions
• Union University (disambiguation), the name of several institutions

History and politics[edit]

• Economic union, a type of trade bloc
• Political union, a type of state which is composed of or created out of smaller states
• Personal union, the combination of two or more states that have the same monarch
• Poor law union, a former unit of local government in the United Kingdom
• Real union, a union of two or more states, which share some state institutions
• CDU/CSU, or the Union, a German political alliance
• Union (American Civil War), U.S. states that were loyal to the U.S. federal government
• Union (Hungarian-German trade union council)
• Union (Madagascar), a political party

Places[edit]

Canada[edit]

• Union, Elgin County, Ontario
• Union, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario
• Union, Nova Scotia
• Union, Prince Edward Island

United States[edit]

• Union, Alabama
• Union, Connecticut
• Union, Illinois
• Union, Logan County, Illinois
• Union, Indiana
• Union, Iowa
• Union, Kentucky
• Union, Louisiana
• Union Parish, Louisiana
• Union, Maine
• Union, Mississippi
• Union, Missouri, in Franklin County
• Union, Clark County, Missouri
• Union, Nebraska
• Union, New Hampshire
• Union (hamlet), New York, in Madison County
• Union, New York, in Broome County
• Union, Ohio, a city in Montgomery and Miami Counties
• Union, Oregon
• Union, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)
• Union, South Carolina
• Union, Texas
• Union, Virginia
• Union, Washington
• Union, West Virginia
• Union, Barbour County, West Virginia
• Union, Wisconsin (disambiguation)
• Arcata, California, first settled as Union
• Mount Union (Arizona)

Elsewhere[edit]

• Union, Grenada
• Unión, Paraguay
• Union, Bohol, Philippines
• Union, Dapa, Philippines
• Union Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Science and mathematics[edit]

• Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
• Union (SQL), an set operation
• Union type, in computer science, a type of data structure

Sports[edit]

• 1. FC Union Berlin, a German association football club
• Chicago Unions, a professional, Black baseball team that played in the US in the late 19th century, prior to the formation of the Negro leagues.
• Chicago Union Giants, a former American baseball team in the Negro leagues
• Philadelphia Union, a soccer team
• Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, a Belgian association football club
• Union Race Course, formerly in San Francisco, U.S.

Other uses[edit]

• Union (automobile), made by the Union Automobile Company 1902–1905
• Union (plumbing), a pipe fitting
• Union (United States coin), a proposed $100 coin
• List of ships named Union
• Gabrielle Union (born 1972), an American actress

See also[edit]

• All pages with titles beginning with Union
• All pages with titles containing Union
• Union Bank (disambiguation)
• The Union (disambiguation)
• Reunion (disambiguation)
• European Union
• Government of India, the union government created by the constitution of India
  • Dominion of India, or Union of India, an independent dominion in the Commonwealth 1947–1950
• Marriage, a culturally recognised union between people
• Soyuz (‘Union’), an internal abbreviation for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• Students’ union
• Union State, of Russia and Belarus
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Civil union

From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

i

Union generally means that two or more things are joined into one. That can be an organization of several people or organizations, several objects combined into one, and so on. The term may mean:

• Trades union: an organization of workers with a common goal.

In politics[change | change source]

• The Union, referring to the federation that is the United States
  • The Union (American Civil War), the states that did not declare their secession
  • The Union Army, the army of the United States in the Civil War
  • National Union Party (United States), forerunner of the United States Republican Party during the 1864 election
• Act of Union, one of several acts by the English Parliament
  • United Kingdom, the constitutional result of that legislation
• African Union, an inter-governmental organization in Africa
• European Union, a supranational and inter-governmental organization in Europe
• Government of India, known officially as the Union Government
• Personal union, a group of separate, independent states that share the same monarch
• Political union, a type of state composed of smaller states
• Real union, an intermediate step between personal and political union of states
• Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• State of the Union Address annual speech by the President of the United States
• The Union (political coalition) (l’Unione), a twenty-first century Italian political coalition
• Unionist Party (Canada), known when in power as the Union Government
• Trade union, labor union, employment

In sports and entertainment[change | change source]

• Unión de Santa Fe, Argentine professional football club
• R. Union Saint-Gilloise, Belgian professional football club
• Club Atlético Unión de Sunchales, lower league Argentine football club
• Unión Magdalena a Colombian professional football club
• The Union, a group of professional wrestlers in opposition to Vince McMahon in the World Wrestling Federation
• The supporters’ club of the A-League football side Melbourne Victory
• Rugby Union
• Union (album), a 1991 album by the musical group Yes
• Union (band), an American heavy metal band
• Union (comic), set in the Star Wars universe
• Union (comics), a character published by Wildstorm
• «Union», a song by Avail from their 2000 album One Wrench
• «Union», a song by the Black Eyed Peas from their album Monkey Business

In education[change | change source]

The term student union can be used in either of two senses:

• Students’ union, a student organization at many colleges and universities dedicated to student governance (not common in USA, see below)
• Student activity center, a building that typically hosts a «union» of student services (e.g., food service, health facilities, lounges) at such institutions (also known as a «student center» or «student commons»)

In the United States, the phrase more commonly refers to the building. The phrase «student government» or «student senate» is usually used when referring to the subject of the «Students’ union» article.

• Union College, a college for which the principal campus sits in Schenectady, New York
• Union College (Kentucky), a college in Kentucky
• Union Institute & University, a non-traditional educational institution
• Union Public Schools, a public school system in Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Union Theological College, a college in Northern Ireland
• Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, an ecumenical Christian seminary in New York City, New York
• Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education, a Christian seminary in Richmond, Virginia
• Union University, a Baptist college in Tennessee

In transportation[change | change source]

• Union Railroad, any of several railroad companies
• Union (ship), a ship sunk in Fiji in 1804

In tradesmanship[change | change source]

• Union (electrical), a term sometimes used for a butt connector used to splice wires
• Union (hardware), a term sometimes used for a standoff that serves as an elongated nut
• Union (plumbing), a pipe fitting

In numismatics[change | change source]

• Union (coinage), a US gold coin that was worth $100 face value, it was never made because it would only be circulated among banks.

In mathematics and computer science[change | change source]

• Union (set theory)
• Union (SQL), an operator that combines the result of two SQL SELECT queries into a single result table
• Union (computer science), a data structure that stores several types of data in the same location.
• Union mount, a way to access separate file system directories as if they were but one.

As a surname[change | change source]

• Gabrielle Union, an American actress

1

0   0 Also called the North or the United States, the Union was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War. Union states were: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, [..]

2	0   0 Union A plumbing fitting that joins pipes end-to-end so that they can be dismantled.

3	0   0 Union The union of two sets A and B, is the set of elements which are in A or in B or in both

4	0   0 Union early 15c., «action of joining one thing to another,» also «agreement, accord,» also «state of matrimony,» from Anglo-French unioun, Old French union (12c.), from Late La [..]

5	0   0 Union /ˈjuːnjən/ noun plural unions union /ˈjuːnjən/ noun plural unions Learner's definition of UNION 1  [count] : an organization of workers formed to protect the rights and interests of it [..]

6	0   0 Union Usually this is just another name for a Students’ Union.

7	0   0 Union Workers who organize a united group, usually related to the kind of work they do, to collectively bargain for better work conditions, pay or benefit increases, etc.

8	0   0 Union group of people or countries that work together for a common goal or set of goals.

9	0   0 Union having to do with states supporting the United States (north) during the U.S. Civil War.

10	0   0 Union the flag of the United Kingdom, combining the flags of Ireland, England, and Scotland. Also called the Union flag.

11	0   0 Union An organization of workers or employees who act jointly to negotiate with their employers over wages, fringe benefits, working conditions, and other facets of employment. The main function of unions i [..]

12	0   0 Union The point at which a scion and stock are joined in grafting. You can sometimes see the union because it bulges a little. urea:

13	0   0 Union plumbing fitting used for disconnecting purposes, the fitting couples 2 sections of PVC together and then can be unthreaded to disconnect. Often used on external pond equipment to have the ability to remove without cutting the pipe.

14

0   0 Union definition – is a plumbing fitting used for connecting and disconnecting purposes. The fitting couples 2 sections of pipe together and then can be unthreaded to disconnect the two pipes. It is often used on plumbed equipment so one can have the ability to remove components without cutting the pipe. Helpful Products: Fittings

15	0   0 Union  The point at which a scion and stock are joined in grafting. You can sometimes see the union because it bulges a little.

16	0   0 Union The point at which a scion is combined with a rootstock.

17	0   0 Union an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job" being of or having to do with the northern United States [..]

18	0   0 Union The union of two or more sets is the set of objects contained by at least one of the sets. The union of the events A and B is denoted "A+B", "A or B", and [..]

19	0   0 Union a joining together. The same word also means a group of workers who have joined together

20	0   0 Union Also called the North

21	0   0 Union  a pearl.

22	0   0 Union A set containing each of the elements of the two sets which were united.

23	0   0 Union A social organization set up to represent the worker's interests in both the workplace and in the broader society as well.

24	0   0 Union Definition An organization of workers joined to protect their common interests and improve their working conditions.

25	0   0 Union an establishment which represents workers in dealings with their employer. The union is accountable for managing and agreeing on contracts with employers which ascertain workers’ compensation and [..]

26	0   0 Union The northern states that supported the United States federal government during the Civil War

27	0   0 Union baheftung

28	0   0 Union 1 : an act or instance of uniting or joining two or more things into one ;esp : the formation of a single political unit from two or more separate and individual units 2 : something that is made …

29	0   0 Union The joining of sets into a master set. Union will not yield multiples of the same item

30	0   0 Union   Common name for an employee organisation. Group of employees in similar occupations or industries who join together to bargain with their employers regarding working conditions.

31	0   0 Union Two or more conditions joined with the logical operator Or. An item is selected only if the item meets at least one of the specified criteria. Compare with intersection (expression).

32	0   0 Union   the union of two sets, A and B, is the set of all elements that are either in A, or in B, or in both A and B. unit vector:

33	0   0 Union (n) an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer(n) the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)(n) the act of pairing a male and female for [..]

34	0   0 Union The official name of the European Communities after the Maastricht Treaty, from 1993 on, became the European Union, shortened to EU. The Lisbon Treaty has deleted the name "European communiti [..]

35	0   0 Union congregatio, conventus

36	0   0 Union A plumbing fitting that joins pipes end-to-end so they can be dismantled.

37

0   0 Union dielectric unions are required in some application by code. In particular on water heaters, in the transition from black pipe to copper. The basis for their use is to prevent galvanic corrosion of the black iron pipe. Whether or not they are technically necessary depends largely on water chemistry. In applications with dissolved electrolytes their [..]

38	0   0 Union n. sindicato; sindical

39	0   0 Union A grouping of adjacent parishes jointly administering poor law affairs. The «union» was one of the slang names for the workhouse.

40	0   0 Union Organizations comprising wage and salary workers in Health-related fields for the purpose of improving their status and conditions. The concept includes labor union activities toward providing Health [..]

41	0   0 Union The device in the upper canton of an ensign or flag. Short name for the Union Jack, or the stars device of U.S.A. ensign.

42	0   0 Union

43	0   0 Union another name for the most popular form of rugby featuring 15, 10, or 7 players per side. The local, provincial, or national organizing body for rugby competition is also often called a union.

44	0   0 Union  — another name for the most popular form of rugby featuring either 15, 10, or 7 players per side. The local, provincial, or national organizing body for rugby competition is also often called a union.

45	0   0 Union a struct with all members allocated at the same offset within an object. The language does not guarantee type safety for all uses of unions. Primarily used to save space. TC++PL C.8.2.

46	0   0 Union another name for the most popular form of rugby featuring 15, 10, or 7 players per side. The local, provincial, or national organizing body for rugby competition is also often called a union.

47	0   0 Union The event containing all simple events for both Event A and Event B. The concept of union can be extended to more than two events.

48	0   0 Union An organization of workers or employees who act jointly to negotiate with their employers over wages, fringe benefits, working conditions, and other facets of employment. The main function of unions i [..]

49	0   0 Union Three piece fitting that joins two sections of pipe, but allows them to be disconnected without cutting the pipe. Used primarily with steel pipe; never in a DWV system

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союз, объединение, соединение, единение, союзный

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His conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son. — Совесть упрекала его в сомнительности союза, к которому он принудил своего сына.  
fought to keep the union intact — боролись за сохранение союза в целости и сохранности  
a union of loosely federated states — объединение свободно интегрированных штатов  
to form a union — заключить союз, образовать союз  
act of union — акт объединения  
union fee — профсоюзный взнос  
union activity — профсоюзная деятельность  
union gate — вентиль [схема] ИЛИ  
union labour — рабочие — члены профсоюза  
union labourer — рабочий — член профсоюза  
join the union — вступать в профсоюз  
union cloth — полушерстяная ткань  
union suit — мужской нательный комбинезон  

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Возможные однокоренные слова

disunion  — разобщение, разъединение, разлад, разделение, разногласие
reunion  — воссоединение, примирение, встреча друзей, вечеринка
unionism  — унионизм, тред-юнионизм
unionist  — член профсоюза, унионист
unionize  — объединять в профсоюзы, объединять

Формы слова

noun
ед. ч.(singular): union
мн. ч.(plural): unions

• Defenition of the word union

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

Synonyms for the word union

• • brotherhood
  • conjugation
  • coupling
  • Federal
  • join
  • labor union
  • marriage
  • mating
  • matrimony
  • North
  • pairing
  • sexual union
  • sum
  • trade union
  • trades union
  • unification
  • Union
  • uniting
  • wedlock

Similar words in the union

• • closed
  • closed(a)
  • northern
  • organised
  • organized
  • unionised
  • unionized

Meronymys for the word union

• • free state
  • labor
  • labor movement
  • trade union movement

Hyponyms for the word union

• • amphimixis
  • association
  • assortative mating
  • bigamy
  • coalescence
  • coalescency
  • coalition
  • colligation
  • combine
  • combining
  • common-law marriage
  • company union
  • concretion
  • confederacy
  • confederation
  • conglutination
  • conjugation
  • conjunction
  • connectedness
  • connection
  • craft union
  • cross
  • crossbreeding
  • crossing
  • cuckoldom
  • customs union
  • direct sum
  • disassortative mating
  • endogamy
  • enosis
  • exogamy
  • federation
  • fusion
  • hybridisation
  • hybridization
  • hybridizing
  • I.W.W.
  • inbreeding
  • industrial union
  • Industrial Workers of the World
  • inmarriage
  • interbreeding
  • intermarriage
  • IWW
  • junction
  • league
  • link
  • marriage
  • marriage of convenience
  • merger
  • misalliance
  • monandry
  • monogamousness
  • monogamy
  • open marriage
  • polygamy
  • reunification
  • reunion
  • service
  • servicing
  • sigeh
  • syncretism
  • tribalisation
  • tribalization
  • umbrella
  • unification
  • vertical union

Hypernyms for the word union

• • America
  • combination
  • combining
  • compounding
  • device
  • happening
  • healing
  • marital status
  • natural event
  • occurrence
  • occurrent
  • organisation
  • organization
  • political entity
  • political unit
  • set
  • sex
  • sex activity
  • sexual activity
  • sexual practice
  • state
  • U.S.
  • U.S.A.
  • United States
  • United States of America
  • US
  • USA

Antonyms for the word union

• • disunion
  • nonunion
  • separation

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