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union
('/j//u/n/j//(@)/n )

adjective (a)

  • of trade unions(adj.all)
    Example:
    The union movement.
    Union negotiations.
    A union-shop clause in the contract.
    Antonym:
    nonunion
    source: wordnet30

noun (n)

  • an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer(noun.group)
    Example:
    You have to join the union in order to get a job.
    Synonym:
    brotherhood, labor union, trade union, trades union
    source: wordnet30
  • the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)(noun.location)
    Example:
    He has visited every state in the Union.
    Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union.
    Synonym:
    north
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union
    source: wordnet30
  • the state of being joined or united or linked(noun.state)
    Example:
    There is strength in union.
    Synonym:
    unification
    Antonym:
    separation
    source: wordnet30
  • the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)(noun.state)
    Example:
    God bless this union.
    Synonym:
    marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, wedlock
    source: wordnet30
  • healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones(noun.process)
    Synonym:
    conglutination
    source: wordnet30
  • a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations(noun.group)
    Example:
    The Soviet Union.
    source: wordnet30
  • a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets(noun.group)
    Example:
    Let C be the union of the sets A and B.
    Synonym:
    join, sum
    source: wordnet30
  • the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts(noun.event)
    Example:
    Lightning produced an unusual union of the metals.
    source: wordnet30
  • a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of making or becoming a single unit(noun.act)
    Example:
    The union of opposing factions.
    Synonym:
    conjugation, jointure, unification, uniting
    Antonym:
    disunion
    source: wordnet30
  • The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War(adj.all)
    Example:
    Union soldiers.
    Synonym:
    federal
    source: wordnet30
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