| Union A community of northeast New Jersey west-northwest of Elizabeth. Settled c. 1749 by colonists from Connecticut, it is a manufacturing center. Population: 55,000. |
un·ion (y n y n)n. 1. a. The act of uniting or the state of being united. b. A combination so formed, especially an alliance or confederation of people, parties, or political entities for mutual interest or benefit. 2. Mathematics A set, every member of which is an element of one or another of two or more given sets. 3. Agreement or harmony resulting from the uniting of individuals; concord. 4. a. The state of matrimony; marriage: "The element that was to make possible such a union was trust in each other's love" (Kate Chopin). b. Sexual intercourse. 5. a. A combination of parishes for joint administration of relief for the poor in Great Britain. b. A workhouse maintained by such a union. 6. A labor union. 7. A coupling device for connecting parts, such as pipes or rods. 8. A device on a flag or ensign, occupying the upper inner corner or the entire field, that signifies the union of two or more sovereignties. 9. often Union a. An organization at a college or university that provides facilities for recreation; a student union. b. A building housing such facilities. 10. Union The United States of America regarded as a national unit, especially during the Civil War. adj. 1. Union Of, relating to, or loyal to the United States of America during the Civil War: a Union soldier. 2. Of or relating to a labor union or labor union organizing: the union movement; union negotiations. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin  ni , nin-, from Latin nus, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots.] |
union
Noun
1. the act of merging two or more things to become one, or the state of being merged in such a way
2. short for trade union
3. an association of individuals or groups for a common purpose: the Scripture Union
4.
a. an association or society: the Students' union
b. the buildings of such an organization
5. marriage or sexual intercourse
6. Maths a set containing all the members of two given sets
7. (in 19th-century England) a workhouse maintained by a number of parishes
Adjective
of a trade union [Latin unus one]
| union (ynyn) A set whose members belong to at least one of a group of two or more given sets. The union of the sets {1,2,3} and {3,4,5} is the set {1,2,3,4,5}, and the union of the sets {6,7} and {11,12,13} is the set {6,7,11,12,13}. The symbol for union is . Compare intersection. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  union - an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"organization, organisation - a group of people who work together industrial union, vertical union - a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft craft union - a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft company union - a union of workers for a single company; a union not affiliated with a larger union labor movement, trade union movement, labor - an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement I.W.W., Industrial Workers of the World, IWW - a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I |
| 2. |  Union - the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War); "he has visited every state in the Union"; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"; "the North's superior resources turned the scale"U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 free state - any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War | |
| 3. |  union - the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat" assortative mating - mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random mating disassortative mating - mating of individuals having traits more dissimilar than likely in random mating hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding, crossbreeding, crossing, cross - (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids inbreeding - the act of mating closely related individuals | |
| 4. |  union - the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union"state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" connectedness, connection, link - the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable" association - the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination; "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break" marriage - a close and intimate union; "the marriage of music and dance"; "a marriage of ideas" syncretism - the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy); "a syncretism of material and immaterial theories" separation - the state of lacking unity | |
| 5. |  union - the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" marital status - the condition of being married or unmarried bigamy - having two spouses at the same time common-law marriage - a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony endogamy, inmarriage, intermarriage - marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law exogamy, intermarriage - marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law marriage of convenience - a marriage for expediency rather than love misalliance - an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage) monandry - the state of having only one husband at a time monogamousness, monogamy - having only one spouse at a time open marriage - a marriage in which each partner is free to enter into extraneous sexual relationships without guilt or jealousy from the other cuckoldom - the state of a husband whose wife has committed adultery polygamy - having more than one spouse at a time sigeh - a Shiite tradition of temporary marriage permitted in Iran that allows a couple to specify the terms of their relationship; can last from a few minutes to 99 years; "sigeh legally wraps premarital sex in an Islamic cloak" | |
| 6. | union - healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones healing - the natural process by which the body repairs itself | |
| 7. | union - a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations; "the Soviet Union" enosis - the union of Greece and Cyprus (which is the goal of a group of Greek Cypriots) league - an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action customs union - an association of nations to promote free trade within the union and set common tariffs for nations that are not members political entity, political unit - a unit with political responsibilities | |
| 8. | union - 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" set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" direct sum - a union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets | |
| 9. | union - the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts; "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals" amphimixis - union of sperm and egg in sexual reproduction | |
| 10. |  union - a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)device - an emblematic design (especially in heraldry); "he was recognized by the device on his shield" | |
| 11. |  union - the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"coalescence, coalescency, conglutination, coalition, concretion - the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts reunification, reunion - the act of coming together again; "monetary unification precipitated the reunification of the German state in October 1990" tribalisation, tribalization - the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis umbrella - having the function of uniting a group of similar things; "the Democratic Party is an umbrella for many liberal groups"; "under the umbrella of capitalism" disunion - the termination or destruction of union | |
| Adj. | 1. |  Union - being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War; "Union soldiers"; "Federal forces"; "a Federal infantryman"northern - in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "Northern liberals"; "northern industry"; "northern cities" |
| 2. |  union - of trade unions; "the union movement"; "union negotiations"; "a union-shop clause in the contract"nonunion - not belonging to or not allowing affiliation with a trade union; "nonunion carpenters"; "a nonunion contractor" |
union
noun 1. joining, uniting, unification, combination, coalition, merger, mixture, blend, merging, integration, conjunction, fusion, synthesis, amalgamating, amalgam, amalgamation
noun 4. intercourse, coupling, copulation, the other (informal) nookie (slang) coitus, rumpy-pumpy (slang) coition
Translations
union [ˈjuːnjən] n → unión f (also: trade union) → sindicato
cpd → sindical;
the Union (US) → la Unión
union [ˈjuːnjən] n (= unification) → Vereinigung f;
(also: trade union) → Gewerkschaft f
cpd [activities, leader etc] → Gewerkschafts-;
the Union (US) → die Vereinigten Staaten
union [ˈjuːnjən] n → unione f (also: trade union) → sindacato
cpd → sindacale;
the Union (US) → gli stati dell'Unione
n union [ˈjuːnjən]
1 the act of uniting or process of being united Union between the two countries would be impossible. vereniging, unifikasie تَوْحيد، إتِّحاد съюз spojení union die Vereinigung ένωση (ως πράξη και ως διαδικασία) unión liit; ühinemine اتحاد liitto union אִיחוּד मेल savez egyesítés; egyesülés sameining, samruni unione 連合 sąjunga, susivienijimas savienība penyatuan unie forening, forbund, union unia união unire объединение spojenie združitev savez förening, enande การรวมตัวกัน birleşme 聯合 об'єднання, союз اتحاد sự hợp nhất, sự kết hợp 联合
2 the state of being united, eg in marriage, friendship etc Their marriage was a perfect union. band, bond أتِّحاد обединение svazek forening die Verbindung ένωση (ως κατάσταση) unión ühendus وصلت liitto union אַחדוּת मिलन brak, spoj egyesülés sameining unione 結合 sąjunga savienība penyatuan verbintenis forening, ekteskap, vennskap związek união uniune союз; согласие zväzok zveza zajednica förening การสมรส beraberlik, birlik 結婚 шлюбний союз ملاپ، عقد sự kết hôn, hôn nhân 结婚
3 a club or association The European Union. unie نِقابَه، مُنَظَّمة съюз svaz forening; sammenslutning; union die Union ένωση (για κράτη) unión liit, ühendus باشگاه liitto union אִיגוּד संघ unija, savez szövetség, unió sambandsríki; ríkjasamband unione 連邦 sąjunga savienība Kesatuan unie union, samvelde związek união sindicat союз zväz zveza unija union, förbund สหภาพ dernek, kulüp, sendika 聯盟 союз; професійна спілка يونين، جماعت hội, hiệp hội 联盟
Union Jack
the national flag of the United Kingdom. Union Jack العَلَم البريطاني националното знаме на Обединеното кралство britská státní vlajka Union Jack der Union Jack η βρετανική σημαία Reino Unido bandera del Suurbritannia riigilipp پرچم Ison-Britannian lippu Union Jack הַדֶגֶל הַבּרִיטִי यूनियन जैक zastava Velike Britanije a brit zászló breski ríkisfáninn (bandiera nazionale britannica) 英国国旗 Britanijos nacionalinė vėliava Lielbritānijas valsts karogs bendera Union Jack Britse vlag det britiske nasjonalflagget flaga brytyjska bandeira inglesa Union Jack, steagul Marii Britanii государственный флаг Великобритании štátna vlajka Veľkej Británie državna zastava Velike Britanije zastava Ujedinjenog Kraljevstva Union Jack ธงชาติของอังกฤษ Birleşik Krallık Bayrağı 英國國旗 державний прапор Великої Британії برطانيہ کا قومي پرچم quốc kì Anh 英国国旗
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