union
//ˈjuː.njən//
Forms
- Plural
- unions
- Comparative
- more union
- Superlative
- most union
- present (v1)
- union
- past (v2)
- unioned
- past participle (v3)
- unioned
- present participle
- unioning
- 3rd person singular
- unions
Definitions
1.The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
- Communism was the political system in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, but that stopped in 1993.
2.The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
- Communism was the political system in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, but that stopped in 1993.
3.Something united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
- Communism was the political system in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, but that stopped in 1993.
4.A trade union; a workers' union.
- Communism was the political system in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, but that stopped in 1993.
1.federal.
2.Belonging to, represented by, or otherwise pertaining to a labour union.
- Actors have to be union to get work here.
1.To combine sets using the union operation.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #935
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).
Doublet of unio.