English to English
union
('/j//u/n/j//(@)/n
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adjective (a)
- of trade unions(adj.all)Example:
The union movement.
Union negotiations.
A union-shop clause in the contract.
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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.
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.
source: wordnet30 - the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- the state of being joined or united or linked(noun.state)Example:
There is strength in union.
source: wordnet30 - the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)(noun.state)Example:
God bless this union.
source: wordnet30 - healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones(noun.process)source: wordnet30
- a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations(noun.group)Example:
The Soviet Union.
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.
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.
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