union
see also: Union
Etymology
Union
Pronunciation
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see also: Union
Etymology
From Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ūniō, from Latin ūnus.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈjuː.njən/, /ˈjuː.ni.ən/
union
- (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
- Synonyms: junction, coalition, combination
- Antonyms: nonunion
- (countable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
- Antonyms: nonunion
- (countable) 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.
- (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC ↗:
- 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 time.
- (countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
- (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
- (countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
- (countable) The act or state of marriage.
- (uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
- (countable, programming) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
- (countable, now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC ↗, partition II, section 3, member 3:
- 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 […]
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act V, scene ii]:
- And in the cup an union shall he throw, Richer than that which four successive kings In Denmark's crown have worn.
- (historical) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.
- French: union
- German: Vereinigung, Union, Verein, Verband
- Italian: unione
- Portuguese: união, junção
- Russian: сою́з
- Spanish: unión
- French: groupement
- German: Vereinigung, Union
- Portuguese: união
- Russian: сою́з
- Spanish: unión
- French: réunion
- German: Vereinigung, Vereinigungsmenge
- Italian: unione
- Portuguese: união
- Russian: объединение множество
- Spanish: unión
- French: mariage
- German: Ehe
- Portuguese: matrimónio (Portugal), matrimônio (Brazil)
- Russian: сою́з
- French: accouplement, copulation, fornication
- German: Vereinigung
- Portuguese: sexo
- Russian: сноше́ние
- French: union
- Russian: объедине́ние
union (unions, present participle unioning; simple past and past participle unioned)
- (set theory) To combine sets using the union operation.
union
- Belonging to, represented by, or otherwise pertaining to a labour union.
- Synonyms: unionized
- Antonyms: nonunion
- Actors have to be union to get work here.
- Synonyms: unionized
- (India) federal.
- The union government of India
Union
Pronunciation
- IPA: [uˈni̯oːn]
union (plural unions)
- The 0-10-2 locomotive wheel arrangement.
- The canton of the United States flag: the portion of the flag containing stars on a blue background.
- (US, with determiner, dated, especially 19th century) The United States of America.
- threats to secede from the Union
- (US, with determiner, historical) Those of the United States that did not secede at the time of the Civil War (of the United States of America).
- Union troops at Gettysburg
- (with determiner, historical) The Soviet Union: the proper noun Union is the standard English translation of the proper noun Союз, and all-Union is the standard English translation of всесоюзный.
- throughout the Union, but nowhere more so than at the Center [Moscow]
- (chiefly, India, with determiner, law) Alternative form of union
- Place names:
- A community in Central Elgin, Elgin County.
- A barangay in Ubay, Bohol.
- A village on the south cast of the island of Siargao.
- A number of places in USA:
- A town in Greene County, Alabama.
- A ghost town in Merced County, California.
- A former unincorporated community in Napa County, California.
- A small town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
- A village in McHenry County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Clay, Pike County.
- A tiny city in Hardin County, Iowa.
- A home rule city in Boone County, Kentucky.
- A town in Knox County, Maine.
- A town in Neshoba County, and.
- A city/county seat in Franklin County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Clark County, Missouri.
- A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
- A village/and/CDP in the town of Wakefield.
- A hamlet in Madison County, New York.
- A large town in Broome County, New York.
- A city in Montgomery County, and.
- A city in Union County, Oregon.
- A city/county seat in Union County, South Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Virginia.
- A small town/county seat in Monroe County, West Virginia.
- A small town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
- A small town in Door County, Wisconsin.
- A town/and/unincorporated community in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Lima.
- A small town in Pierce County, Wisconsin.
- A town/and/unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin.
- A small town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
- A small town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
- A large number of townships in the USA, listed under Union Township.
Probably a variant spelling of Onion.
Proper noun Proper noun- (Oxon, informal) The Oxford Union (a debating society); not to be conflated with Oxford University Student Union (a students' union).
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