union

Belonging to, represented by, or otherwise pertaining to a labour union.

Adjective

  1. Belonging to, represented by, or otherwise pertaining to a labour union.
    • Actors have to be union to get work here.

    Synonyms: unionized

    Antonyms: nonunion

  2. federal.
    • The union government of India

Origin

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

Forms

more union most union

Noun

  1. The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.

    Synonyms: junction coalition combination

    Antonyms: nonunion disunion

  2. The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.

    Antonyms: nonunion disunion

  3. Something 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.
    • In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of...
  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.
    • Unions are useful in those cases where you need to keep track of a value that can be represented as different data types during the lifetime of the program. - 2008, Kris Bell, Lars Ivar Igesund, Sean Kelly, Learn to...
  11. A large, high-quality pearl.
    • Nonius the senator hath a purple coat as stiff with jewels as his mind is full of vices; rings on his fingers worth 20,000 sesterces, and[…]an union in his ear worth an hundred pounds' weight of gold […] - 1624,...
    • And in the cup an union shall he throw, Richer than that which four successive kings In Denmark's crown have worn. - c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr....
  12. An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.

Forms

unions

Related

reunification reunion unify unity

Derived

anti-union art union axiom of union banjo union Barabkunda Union civil union Clam Union company union credit union customs union de facto union discriminated union disjoint union disjoint union topology enterprise union European Union fruit of the union Great Union Day hypostatic union Kalmar Union labor union labour union Mount Union non-union

Verb

  1. To combine sets using the union operation.

Forms

unions unioning unioned

Related

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