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union

/ union /
noun/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
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"
Opposites:
disunion
Type of:
combination combining compounding
Kinds of:
coalescence coalescency coalition concretion conglutination
Derived:
connect link link up join unite
adjective satellite Sense 2
being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the Civil War
"Union soldiers"
"Federal forces"
"a Federal infantryman"
Similar:
northern
noun Sense 3
the state of being joined or united or linked
"there is strength in union"
Opposites:
separation
Type of:
state
Kinds of:
coalition fusion connection link connectedness
noun Sense 4
healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
Type of:
healing
Derived:
coapt conglutinate
noun Sense 5
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"
Type of:
United States United States of America America
Domain:
United States United States of America America
noun Sense 6
a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
"the Soviet Union"
Type of:
political unit
Kinds of:
confederation confederacy federation enosis league
noun Sense 7
an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
"you have to join the union in order to get a job"
Type of:
organization organisation
Kinds of:
industrial union vertical union craft union company union Industrial Workers of the World
Has parts:
labor movement trade union movement labor
Derived:
unionize unionise organize organise
noun Sense 8
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"
Type of:
set
Kinds of:
direct sum
noun Sense 9
the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
"lightning produced an unusual union of the metals"
Type of:
happening occurrence natural event
Kinds of:
amphimixis fusion merger unification combining
noun Sense 10
a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
Type of:
device
adjective Sense 11
of trade unions
"the union movement"
"union negotiations"
"a union-shop clause in the contract"
Similar:
closed(a) organized organised unionized unionised
Opposites:
nonunion
noun Sense 12
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
"a long and happy marriage"
"God bless this union"
Type of:
marital status
Kinds of:
bigamy common-law marriage endogamy intermarriage inmarriage
Domain:
law jurisprudence
noun Sense 13
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"
Type of:
sexual activity sexual practice sex
Kinds of:
assortative mating disassortative mating hybridization hybridisation crossbreeding
Derived:
conjugate copulate mate pair couple
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
13
Total Synonyms
6
Total Relationships
84
Times Searched
3
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combination combining compounding coalescence coalescency coalition concretion conglutination disunion northern state fusion