Uk English Meaning of union

union

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Definitions and Meaning of union in English

Wordnet

union (n)

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer

the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)

the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

the state of being joined or united or linked

the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones

a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations

a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets

the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts

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

Wordnet

union (s)

being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War

Wordnet

union (a)

of trade unions

Webster

union (n.)

The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.

Agreement and conjunction of mind, spirit, will, affections, or the like; harmony; concord.

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; as, the weavers have formed a union; trades unions have become very numerous; the United States of America are often called the Union.

A textile fabric composed of two or more materials, as cotton, silk, wool, etc., woven together.

A large, fine pearl.

A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a device; especially, the flag of Great Britain.

A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting for connecting pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as to facilitate disconnection.

A cask suspended on trunnions, in which fermentation is carried on.

FAQs About the word union

union

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer, the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War), the act of p

consolidation,Merger,merging,unification,amalgamation,combination,combining,connecting,connection,coupling

breakup,disconnection,dissolution,division,parting,partition,Schism,split,Detachment,disunion

uniocular dichromat => Monocular dichromat, uniocular => Monocular, unio => June, uninvolved => uninvolved, uninviting => uninviting,