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Union / union > 13 senses
ADJECTIVE	1	Union, Federal	Of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War
ADJECTIVE	2	union	Of trade unions
NOUN	1	union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood	An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
	2	Union, North	The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
	3	union, coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, sexual union	The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
	4	union, unification	The state of being joined or united or linked
	5	union, marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, wedlock	The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
	6	union, conglutination	Healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
	7	union	A political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
	8	union, sum, join	A set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
	9	union	The occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
	10	union	A device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
	11	union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure	The act of making or becoming a single unit

Union / union > pronunciation
Sounds	yuw'nyahn
Rhymes	Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn...

Union > adjective 1
Meaning	Of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War.
Examples	"Union soldiers"
Synonyms	Federal
Similar to	northern

union > adjective 2
Meaning	Of trade unions.
Examples	"the union movement"; "union negotiations"; "a union-shop clause in the contract"
Contrary	nonunion
Similar	closed; organized, organised, unionized, unionised

union > noun 1, group
Meaning	An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer.
Examples	"you have to join the union in order to get a job"
Synonyms	labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
Part of	labor movement, trade union movement, labor
Broader	organization, organisation
Narrower	industrial union, vertical union; craft union; company union; Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, I.W.W.
Verbs	unionize; unionize

Union > noun 2, location
Meaning	The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War).
Examples	"he has visited every state in the Union"; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"
Synonyms	North
Parts	free state
Region	United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
Instance of	United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
Attributes	northern

union > noun 3, act
Meaning	The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes.
Synonyms	coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, sexual union
Broader	sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
Narrower	assortative mating; disassortative mating; hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing; inbreeding; servicing, service

union > noun 4, state
Meaning	The state of being joined or united or linked.
Examples	"there is strength in union"
Synonyms	unification
Contrary	separation
Broader	state
Narrower	coalition, fusion; connection, link, connectedness; junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation; association; marriage; syncretism

union > noun 5, state
Meaning	The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce).
Examples	"God bless this union"
Synonyms	marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, wedlock
Category	law, jurisprudence
Broader	marital status
Narrower	bigamy; common-law marriage; endogamy, intermarriage, inmarriage; exogamy, intermarriage; marriage of convenience; misalliance; monandry; monogamy, monogamousness; open marriage; cuckoldom; polygamy; sigeh

union > noun 6, process
Meaning	Healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones.
Synonyms	conglutination
Broader	healing

union > noun 7, group
Meaning	A political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations.
Examples	"the Soviet Union"
Broader	political unit, political entity
Narrower	confederation, confederacy, federation; enosis; league; customs union

union > noun 8, group
Meaning	A set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets.
Examples	"let C be the union of the sets A and B"
Synonyms	sum, join
Broader	set
Narrower	direct sum

union > noun 9, event
Meaning	The occurrence of a uniting of separate parts.
Examples	"lightning produced an unusual union of the metals"
Broader	happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
Narrower	amphimixis; fusion, merger, unification; combining, combine

union > noun 10, artifact
Meaning	A device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner).
Broader	device

union > noun 11, act
Meaning	The act of making or becoming a single unit.
Examples	"the union of opposing factions"
Synonyms	unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure
Contrary	disunion
Broader	combination, combining, compounding
Narrower	coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination; reunion, reunification; tribalization, tribalisation; umbrella
Verbs	unite

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