UNION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of making or becoming a single unit
   Synonym(s)
   • conjugation (what does conjugation mean?)
   • jointure (what does jointure mean?)
   • unification (what does unification mean?)
   • uniting (what does uniting mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the union of opposing factions
   • he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays
   Hypernyms(s) union is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • combination (what does combination mean?)
   • combining (what does combining mean?)
   • compounding (what does compounding mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • disunion (what does disunion mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • coalescence (what does coalescence mean?)
   • coalescency (what does coalescency mean?)
   • coalition (what does coalition mean?)
   • concretion (what does concretion mean?)
   • conglutination (what does conglutination mean?)
   • reunion (what does reunion mean?)
   • reunification (what does reunification mean?)
   • tribalization (what does tribalization mean?)
   • tribalisation (what does tribalisation mean?)
   • umbrella (what does umbrella mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • connect (what does connect mean?)
   • link (what does link mean?)
   • link up (what does link up mean?)
   • join (what does join mean?)
   • unite (what does unite mean?)
   • unify (what does unify mean?)
   • unite (what does unite mean?)
   • merge (what does merge mean?)
   • unite (what does unite mean?)
   • unify (what does unify mean?)
   • unify (what does unify mean?)
   • unite (what does unite mean?)
   • merge (what does merge mean?)
   • unify (what does unify mean?)
   • unite (what does unite mean?)
   • merge (what does merge mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
   Synonym(s)
   • conjugation (what does conjugation mean?)
   • coupling (what does coupling mean?)
   • mating (what does mating mean?)
   • pairing (what does pairing mean?)
   • sexual union (what does sexual union mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the casual couplings of adolescents
   • the mating of some species occurs only in the spring
   Hypernyms(s) union is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sexual activity (what does sexual activity mean?)
   • sexual practice (what does sexual practice mean?)
   • sex (what does sex mean?)
   • sex activity (what does sex activity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • assortative mating (what does assortative mating mean?)
   • disassortative mating (what does disassortative mating mean?)
   • hybridization (what does hybridization mean?)
   • hybridisation (what does hybridisation mean?)
   • crossbreeding (what does crossbreeding mean?)
   • crossing (what does crossing mean?)
   • cross (what does cross mean?)
   • interbreeding (what does interbreeding mean?)
   • hybridizing (what does hybridizing mean?)
   • inbreeding (what does inbreeding mean?)
   • servicing (what does servicing mean?)
   • service (what does service mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • conjugate (what does conjugate mean?)
   • copulate (what does copulate mean?)
   • mate (what does mate mean?)
   • pair (what does pair mean?)
   • couple (what does couple mean?)
   • copulate (what does copulate mean?)
   • mate (what does mate mean?)
   • pair (what does pair mean?)
   • couple (what does couple mean?)
   • copulate (what does copulate mean?)
   • mate (what does mate mean?)
   • pair (what does pair mean?)
   • couple (what does couple mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
   Hypernyms(s) union is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • device (what does device mean?)
4. Meaning
   • the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
   Usage Example(s)
   • lightning produced an unusual union of the metals
   Hypernyms(s) union is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • happening (what does happening mean?)
   • occurrence (what does occurrence mean?)
   • natural event (what does natural event mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • amphimixis (what does amphimixis mean?)
   • fusion (what does fusion mean?)
   • merger (what does merger mean?)
   • unification (what does unification mean?)
   • combining (what does combining mean?)
   • combine (what does combine mean?)
5. Meaning
   • a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
   Synonym(s)
   • join (what does join mean?)
   • sum (what does sum mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • let C be the union of the sets A and B
   Hypernyms(s) union is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • set (what does set mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • direct sum (what does direct sum mean?)
6. Meaning
   • an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
   Synonym(s)
   • brotherhood (what does brotherhood mean?)
   • labor union (what does labor union mean?)
   • trades union (what does trades union mean?)
   • trade union (what does trade union mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • you have to join the union in order to get a job
   Hypernyms(s) union is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • organization (what does organization mean?)
   • organisation (what does organisation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • industrial union (what does industrial union mean?)
   • vertical union (what does vertical union mean?)
   • craft union (what does craft union mean?)
   • company union (what does company union mean?)
   • Industrial Workers of the World (what does Industrial Workers of the World mean?)
   • IWW (what does IWW mean?)
   • I.W.W. (what does I.W.W. mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • unionize (what does unionize mean?)
   • unionise (what does unionise mean?)
   • unionize (what does unionize mean?)
   • unionise (what does unionise mean?)
   • organize (what does organize mean?)
   • organise (what does organise mean?)
7. Meaning
   • a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
   Usage Example(s)
   • the Soviet Union
   Hypernyms(s) union is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • political unit (what does political unit mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • confederation (what does confederation mean?)
   • confederacy (what does confederacy mean?)
   • federation (what does federation mean?)
   • enosis (what does enosis mean?)
   • league (what does league mean?)
   • customs union (what does customs union mean?)
8. Meaning
   • the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
   Synonym(s)
   • North (what does North mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he has visited every state in the Union
   • Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union
   • the North’’s superior resources turned the scale
   Hypernyms(s) Union is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • United States (what does United States mean?)
   • United States of America (what does United States of America mean?)
   • America (what does America mean?)
   • US (what does US mean?)
   • U.S. (what does U.S. mean?)
   • USA (what does USA mean?)
   • U.S.A. (what does U.S.A. mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • northern (what does northern mean?)
9. Meaning
   • healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
   Synonym(s)
   • conglutination (what does conglutination mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) union is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • healing (what does healing mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • coapt (what does coapt mean?)
   • conglutinate (what does conglutinate mean?)
   • conglutinate (what does conglutinate mean?)
10. Meaning
    • the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
    Synonym(s)
    • marriage (what does marriage mean?)
    • matrimony (what does matrimony mean?)
    • spousal relationship (what does spousal relationship mean?)
    • wedlock (what does wedlock mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • a long and happy marriage
    • God bless this union
    Hypernyms(s) union is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • marital status (what does marital status mean?)
    Hyponym(s)
    • bigamy (what does bigamy mean?)
    • common-law marriage (what does common-law marriage mean?)
    • endogamy (what does endogamy mean?)
    • intermarriage (what does intermarriage mean?)
    • inmarriage (what does inmarriage mean?)
    • exogamy (what does exogamy mean?)
    • intermarriage (what does intermarriage mean?)
    • marriage of convenience (what does marriage of convenience mean?)
    • misalliance (what does misalliance mean?)
    • monandry (what does monandry mean?)
    • monogamy (what does monogamy mean?)
    • monogamousness (what does monogamousness mean?)
    • open marriage (what does open marriage mean?)
    • polygamy (what does polygamy mean?)
    • sigeh (what does sigeh mean?)
11. Meaning
    • the state of being joined or united or linked
    Synonym(s)
    • unification (what does unification mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • there is strength in union
    Hypernyms(s) union is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • state (what does state mean?)
    Antonym(s)
    • separation (what does separation mean?)
    Hyponym(s)
    • coalition (what does coalition mean?)
    • fusion (what does fusion mean?)
    • connection (what does connection mean?)
    • link (what does link mean?)
    • connectedness (what does connectedness mean?)
    • junction (what does junction mean?)
    • conjunction (what does conjunction mean?)
    • conjugation (what does conjugation mean?)
    • colligation (what does colligation mean?)
    • association (what does association mean?)
    • marriage (what does marriage mean?)
    • syncretism (what does syncretism mean?)

UNION as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the Civil War
   Synonym(s)
   • Federal (what does Federal mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Union soldiers
   • Federal forces
   • a Federal infantryman
   Similar To
   • northern (what does northern mean?)
2. Meaning
   • of trade unions
   Usage Example(s)
   • the union movement
   • union negotiations
   • a union-shop clause in the contract
   Antonym(s)
   • nonunion (what does nonunion mean?)
   Similar To
   • closed(a) (what does closed(a) mean?)
   • organized (what does organized mean?)
   • organised (what does organised mean?)
   • unionized (what does unionized mean?)
   • unionised (what does unionised mean?)