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From Old French union, from Late Latin unionem, from Latin ūnus (“‘one’”)
Pronunciation
Noun
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Singular union |
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union (plural unions)
- The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.
- 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.
- A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
- (set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
- The act or state of marriage.
- Sexual intercourse.
- (computing) A data structure that can store any of various items, but only one at a time.
Derived terms
- banjo union
- enterprise union
- trades union, trade union
- union card
- unionised, unionized
- European Union
- Soviet Union
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Part or all of this page has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Late Latin unionem (nominative: unio).
Pronunciation
Noun
union f. (plural unions)
- an union
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