union

Meaning

Noun

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

Concepts

union

association

combination

alliance

league

junction

joining

connection

meeting

coalition

conjunction

unification

trade union

society

unity

federation

harmony

confederation

labor union

fellowship

join

conjugation

agreement

oneness

concord

organization

club

coalescence

amalgamation

incorporation

contact

guild

uniting

combine

labour union

syndicate

trades union

coupling

marriage

corporation

gild

fusion

merger

cohesion

intercourse

friendship

confederacy

sum

brotherhood

conglutination

fraternity

confluence

merge

attachment

joint

link

consolidation

community

blend

mixture

jointure

mating

pairing

sexual union

communion

unite

order

assembly

institution

collection

binding

annexation

coherence

coherency

congruity

consistency

consonance

correspondence

rationality

blending

cooperation

organisation

collaboration

touch

mixing

matrimony

spousal relationship

wedlock

compound

juncture

absorption

associative

consortium

combining

covenant

unit

group

assemblage

coincidence

match

paragenesis

symbiosis

conclusion

ending

catenation

congruence

linking up

recombining

affiliation

bloc

cabal

cartel

conspiracy

monopoly

conjugating

company

partisanship

teamwork

allied

identity

adherence

sticking

intimate union

commixture

going together

joining together

aggregate

coming together

encountering

aggregation

composition

adhering together

meeting together

companionship

being united

interview

close

colligation

concrescence

copulation

joint-making

mutuality

reciprocity

bond

embrace

consent

relation

vinculum

SQL

transition joint

healing

articulation

union swivel

bonding

combination linkage

incorporate

integrate

unified

bound

conjoint

conjunct

unitization

union catalog

logic sum

logical sum

set union

liaison

pool

concretion

conference

expiration

compounded

coition

coitus

sex act

sexual activity

sexual congress

connecting

connexion

system

alignment

association of states alliance

cooperative

entity

council

self-government

commonwealth

get married

join together

annex

associations

institute

crew

family

team

armed forces

army

army unit

arrangement

party

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈjuː.njən/

Etymology

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

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 .