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Definition of Union
1. Noun. An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer. "You have to join the union in order to get a job"
Exact synonyms: Brotherhood, Labor Union, Trade Union, Trades Union
Generic synonyms: Organisation, Organization
Specialized synonyms: Industrial Union, Vertical Union, Craft Union, Company Union, I.w.w., Industrial Workers Of The World, Iww
Group relationships: Labor, Labor Movement, Trade Union Movement
Derivative terms: Trade Unionist, Unionize, Unionize
Generic synonyms: Organisation, Organization
Specialized synonyms: Industrial Union, Vertical Union, Craft Union, Company Union, I.w.w., Industrial Workers Of The World, Iww
Group relationships: Labor, Labor Movement, Trade Union Movement
Derivative terms: Trade Unionist, Unionize, Unionize
2. Adjective. Being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War. "A Federal infantryman"
3. Noun. The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War). "The North's superior resources turned the scale"
Exact synonyms: North
Generic synonyms: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Geographical relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Terms within: Free State
Attributes: Northern
Generic synonyms: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Geographical relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Terms within: Free State
Attributes: Northern
4. Adjective. Of trade unions. "A union-shop clause in the contract"
5. Noun. The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes. "The mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
Exact synonyms: Conjugation, Coupling, Mating, Pairing, Sexual Union
Generic synonyms: Sex, Sex Activity, Sexual Activity, Sexual Practice
Specialized synonyms: Assortative Mating, Disassortative Mating, Cross, Crossbreeding, Crossing, Hybridisation, Hybridization, Hybridizing, Interbreeding, Inbreeding, Service, Servicing
Derivative terms: Conjugate, Couple, Mate, Pair
Generic synonyms: Sex, Sex Activity, Sexual Activity, Sexual Practice
Specialized synonyms: Assortative Mating, Disassortative Mating, Cross, Crossbreeding, Crossing, Hybridisation, Hybridization, Hybridizing, Interbreeding, Inbreeding, Service, Servicing
Derivative terms: Conjugate, Couple, Mate, Pair
6. Noun. The state of being joined or united or linked. "There is strength in union"
Exact synonyms: Unification
Generic synonyms: State
Specialized synonyms: Coalition, Fusion, Connectedness, Connection, Link, Colligation, Conjugation, Conjunction, Junction, Association, Marriage, Syncretism
Antonyms: Separation
Generic synonyms: State
Specialized synonyms: Coalition, Fusion, Connectedness, Connection, Link, Colligation, Conjugation, Conjunction, Junction, Association, Marriage, Syncretism
Antonyms: Separation
7. Noun. The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce). "God bless this union"
Exact synonyms: Marriage, Matrimony, Spousal Relationship, Wedlock
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Generic synonyms: Marital Status
Specialized synonyms: Bigamy, Common-law Marriage, Endogamy, Inmarriage, Intermarriage, Exogamy, Intermarriage, Marriage Of Convenience, Misalliance, Monandry, Monogamousness, Monogamy, Open Marriage, Cuckoldom, Polygamy, Sigeh
Derivative terms: Matrimonial
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Generic synonyms: Marital Status
Specialized synonyms: Bigamy, Common-law Marriage, Endogamy, Inmarriage, Intermarriage, Exogamy, Intermarriage, Marriage Of Convenience, Misalliance, Monandry, Monogamousness, Monogamy, Open Marriage, Cuckoldom, Polygamy, Sigeh
Derivative terms: Matrimonial
8. Noun. Healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones.
9. Noun. A political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations. "The Soviet Union"
Specialized synonyms: Confederacy, Confederation, Federation, Enosis, League, Customs Union
Generic synonyms: Political Entity, Political Unit
Generic synonyms: Political Entity, Political Unit
10. Noun. 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"
11. Noun. The occurrence of a uniting of separate parts. "Lightning produced an unusual union of the metals"
Generic synonyms: Happening, Natural Event, Occurrence, Occurrent
Specialized synonyms: Amphimixis, Fusion, Merger, Unification, Combine, Combining
Specialized synonyms: Amphimixis, Fusion, Merger, Unification, Combine, Combining
12. Noun. A device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner).
Generic synonyms: Device
13. Noun. The act of making or becoming a single unit. "He looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"
Exact synonyms: Conjugation, Jointure, Unification, Uniting
Generic synonyms: Combination, Combining, Compounding
Specialized synonyms: Coalescence, Coalescency, Coalition, Concretion, Conglutination, Reunification, Reunion, Tribalisation, Tribalization, Umbrella
Derivative terms: Join, Unify, Unify, Unite, Unite
Antonyms: Disunion
Generic synonyms: Combination, Combining, Compounding
Specialized synonyms: Coalescence, Coalescency, Coalition, Concretion, Conglutination, Reunification, Reunion, Tribalisation, Tribalization, Umbrella
Derivative terms: Join, Unify, Unify, Unite, Unite
Antonyms: Disunion
Definition of Union
1. n. The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.
2. n. The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.
Definition of Union
1. a number of persons, parties, or political entities united for a common purpose [n -S]
Medical Definition of Union
1. 1. The joining or amalgamation of two or more bodies. 2. The structural adhesion or growing together of the edges of a wound. Origin: L. Unus, one Autogenous union, in dentistry, the union of two pieces of metal without solder. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Union
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