union

Noun

1. (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
2. (uncountable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
3. (countable) Something united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
4. (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
5. (countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
6. (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
7. (countable) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
8. (countable) The act or state of marriage.
9. (archaic, euphemistic, uncountable) Sexual intercourse.
10. (countable) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
11. (archaic, countable) A large, high-quality pearl.
12. (countable, historical, uncountable) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.

Verb

To combine sets using the union operation.

Adj

1. Belonging to, represented by, or otherwise pertaining to a labour union.
2. (India) federal.

Opposite of

nonunion, disunion

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈjuː.njən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: unyoun

In summary

From Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”). Doublet of unio.

Synonyms

association

combination

alliance

league

junction

joining

connection

meeting

coalition

conjunction

unification

society

trade union

unity

federation

harmony

confederation

fellowship

conjugation

join

labor union

oneness

agreement

organization

concord

coalescence

club

contact

amalgamation

incorporation

uniting

combine

guild

coupling

marriage

💍

syndicate

trades union

friendship

brotherhood

fusion

corporation

gild

merger

conglutination

sum

cohesion

intercourse

confederacy

fraternity

merge

Translations

union

Vereinigung

unión

unione

Union

união

ένωση

Bund

unie

lega

vereniging

birlik

syndicat

Verbindung

Verband

Sentences

A key objective of the group was the union of art and the people .

He becomes involved with the Labour Party and the union movement .