Definitions for Union

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Union un·ion

Spelling: [yoon-yuh n]

IPA: /ˈyun yən/

Union is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in Union (innou).

Definitions for Union

noun

1. the act of uniting two or more things.
2. the state of being united.
3. something formed by uniting two or more things; combination.
4. a number of persons, states, etc., joined or associated together for some common purpose:
5. a group of states or nations united into one political body, as that of the American colonies at the time of the Revolution, that of England and Scotland in 1707, or that of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801.
6. the Union, the United States:
7. a device emblematic of union, used in a flag or ensign, sometimes occupying the upper corner next to the staff or occupying the entire field.
8. the act of uniting or an instance of being united in marriage or sexual intercourse:
9. an organization of workers; a labor union.
10. Mathematics. Also called join, logical sum, sum. the set consisting of elements each of which is in at least one of two or more given sets. Symbol: ∪. the least upper bound of two elements in a lattice.
11. the process or result of merging or integration of disjoined, severed, or fractured elements, as the healing of a wound or broken bone, the growing together of the parts in a plant graft, the fusion of pieces in a welding process, or the like.
12. the junction or location at which the merging process has taken place.
13. any of various contrivances for connecting parts of machinery or the like.
14. Textiles. a fabric of two kinds of yarn. a yarn of two or more fibers.
15. a township in NE New Jersey.
16. a city in NW South Carolina.

Origin of Union

1400-50; late Middle English Middle French Late Latin ūniōn- (stem of ūniō), equivalent to Latin ūn(us) one + -iōn- -ion

Examples for Union

They are the preservation of the rights of the several States and the integrity of the union.

The union does not under any circumstance condone violence of any kind, including against police officers.

In February, Slovakia will have a referendum on whether marriage should be defined as a union between a man and a woman.

I can show you people all right that won't ask to see your union card.

“The union did not organize any official contingent to participate in the protests,” Kim said.

Therefore, some Democrats are under pressure to take policy actions their union allies oppose.

In his State of the union address 50 years ago, LBJ laid out his vision for the Great Society.

With the union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined.

To increase the attachment of our people to the union, our laws should be just.

As our population has expanded, the union has been cemented and strengthened.