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union

adjective
  1. of trade unions
    “The union movement has a strong sway in certain counties.”
noun
  1. the act of making or becoming a single unit
    “The union of opposing factions came as a surprise to many.”
    unification
  2. the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
    “The union at the zoo between the two tigers was a success.”
    conjugation
  3. the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
    “Lightning produced an unusual union of the metals.”
  4. a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
    “Let C be the union of the sets A and B.”
    sumjoin
  5. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
    “You have to join the union in order to get a job.”
    brotherhoodlabor uniontrade uniontrades union
  6. a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
    “The union between the conservatives and the liberals did not last long.”
  7. healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
    “The union of the tibia lasted around one month.”
    conglutination
  8. the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life or until divorce
    “We came into this union with few possessions and now look at us.”
    matrimony
  9. the state of being joined or united or linked
    “There is strength in union.”
    unification