union
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From Old French union, from Late Latin unionem, from Latin ūnus (“one”)
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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.
- (now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.3:
- Nonius the senator hath a purple coat as stiff with jewels as his mind is full of vices; rings on his fingers worth 20,000 sesterces, and [...] an union in his ear worth an hundred pounds' weight of gold [...].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.3:
[edit] Derived terms
- banjo union
- enterprise union
- trades union, trade union
- union card
- unionised, unionized
- European Union
- Soviet Union
[edit] Translations
the act of uniting or the state of being united
that which is united; something formed by a combination of parts or members
joint
in set theory
marriage
sexual intercourse
computing: certain data structure
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union
- accusative singular of unio
[edit] French
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Borrowed from Late Latin unionem (nominative: unio).
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union f. (plural unions)
- an union
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union c.
- a union (a body with many members)
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Declension of union
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Compare Italian unione
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union f. inv.
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