Meaning of 'union' (Webster Dictionary)
- The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one,
or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition;
combination.
- Agreement and conjunction of mind, spirit, will, affections,
or the like; harmony; concord.
- 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; as, the weavers have formed a union;
trades unions have become very numerous; the United States of America
are often called the Union.
- A textile fabric composed of two or more materials, as
cotton, silk, wool, etc., woven together.
- A large, fine pearl.
- A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or
ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain,
covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United
States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper
inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag
having such a device; especially, the flag of Great Britain.
- A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or
the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feed
pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting for connecting
pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as to facilitate
disconnection.
- A cask suspended on trunnions, in which fermentation is
carried on.
Meaning of 'union' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
Example in sentence:- a long and happy marriage;
- God bless this union
Meaning (2):
- the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
Example in sentence:- he has visited every state in the Union;
- Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union;
- the North's superior resources turned the scale
Meaning (3):
- the act of making or becoming a single unit
Example in sentence:- he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays;
- the union of opposing factions
Meaning (4):
- a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
Example in sentence:- let C be the union of the sets A and B
Meaning (5):
- the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
Example in sentence:- lightning produced an unusual union of the metals
Meaning (6):
- the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
Example in sentence:- the casual couplings of adolescents;
- the mating of some species occurs only in the spring
Meaning (7):
- a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
Meaning (8):
- the state of being joined or united or linked
Example in sentence:- there is strength in union
Meaning (9):
- an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
Example in sentence:- you have to join the union in order to get a job
Meaning (10):
- of trade unions
Example in sentence:- a union-shop clause in the contract;
- the union movement;
- union negotiations
Meaning (11):
- being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War
Example in sentence:- a Federal infantryman;
- Federal forces;
- Union soldiers
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