union
— Noun
– English
~ an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"
union
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~ a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations; "the Soviet Union"
union suit
— Noun
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~ an undergarment with shirt and drawers in one piece
Union
— Noun
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~ 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"
Union Army
— Noun
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~ the northern army during the American Civil War
union
— Noun
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~ healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
union
— Noun
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~ 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"
Union of Burma
— Noun
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~ a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal; "much opium is grown in Myanmar"
union
— Noun
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~ the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union"
union shop
— Noun
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~ a company allowed to hire nonunion workers on the condition that they will join the union within a specified time
sexual union
— Noun
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~ 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"
union
— Adjective
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~ of trade unions; "the union movement"; "union negotiations"; "a union-shop clause in the contract"
Union
— Adjective
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~ 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"
industrial union
— Noun
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~ a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft
European Union
— Noun
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~ an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union"
customs union
— Noun
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~ an association of nations to promote free trade within the union and set common tariffs for nations that are not members
civil union
— Noun
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~ a voluntary union for life (or until divorce) of adult parties of the same sex; "parties to a civil union have all the same benefits, protections, and responsibilities under Vermont law as spouses in a marriage"
credit union
— Noun
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~ a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings
Cooper Union
— Noun
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~ university founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences